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Supply And Demand Of Weapons In Political Uprisings: Past Lessons, Current Applications, And Suggestions For Guidelines In The Future, Katherine E. Peterson
Supply And Demand Of Weapons In Political Uprisings: Past Lessons, Current Applications, And Suggestions For Guidelines In The Future, Katherine E. Peterson
Katherine Peterson
In the past, the United States has provided support to foreign states or political factions within a foreign state in the context of an armed conflict. The motivation for these actions has ranged from protecting allies or private capital interests to keeping the former Soviet Union at bay. These interests are important considerations for the Government to take into account when forming and carrying out its foreign policy; however, it is unnerving that this support seems to have often been given with a focus on achieving short-term goals without much regard to the potential consequences—domestic terrorist attacks, further international conflict, …
Article 51: Limits On Self-Defense?, Thomas K. Plofchan Jr.
Article 51: Limits On Self-Defense?, Thomas K. Plofchan Jr.
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article's two-pronged analysis has three distinct parts. Part I lays out the controversy of Article 51 interpretation as applied to the recent Gulf Crisis. Part II examines the legal guidance for interpreting the U.N. Charter, the Charter's travaux preparatoires, and specifically the work of the committees and subcommittees responsible for drafting and amending articles that fully incorporate the right of self-defense into the Charter. This Part develops conclusions on Article 51 that may be applied to the context of the recent Gulf Crisis. This Part also contrasts the Article 51 right of collective self-defense with the right of …