Multiple facets of international security in the post-Second World War period: the law-based project, economical interrelationships and the nuclear balance of terror
This paper aims at depicting international security projects in the two decades following World War II as a multilayered setup, comprising three streams: (i) in the UN, the legally informed project of collective security; (ii) in multiple institutional arenas, initiatives with an emphasis on entangl...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD) |
| Repository: | Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15156 |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/moncoes/article/view/15156 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Seguridad internacional Segunda Guerra Mundial Guerra Fría Segurança internacional segunda guerra mundial guerra fria International security Second World War Cold War |
| Summary: | This paper aims at depicting international security projects in the two decades following World War II as a multilayered setup, comprising three streams: (i) in the UN, the legally informed project of collective security; (ii) in multiple institutional arenas, initiatives with an emphasis on entanglements between economic issues, domestic stability and international security; and (iii) nuclear deterrence, based on the configuration of the scenario of mutually assured destruction as the Cold War intensified. The research method used is qualitative in nature, based upon bibliographic investigation, and proceeds through historical characterization of aspects related to international security in the defined period. The theoretical starting point is John Ikenberry's depiction of the period as comprising a multilayered institutional order. The contribution presented consists in evidencing there was neither a single project nor a single front for international security in the period, but rather a multifaceted and dynamic scenario, having undergone transformations in the analyzed period and being supported by diverse conceptions which encompassed: legally informed conceptions of collective security, the emphasis on connections between economic and security issues, and the balance of terror, the rationality of which was informed by the realist approach to international relations theory. |
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