principles of collective security

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principles of collective security
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What is Collective Security?

• Collective security was not
• widely understood to involve entanglement or
  risks, or even
• to be the basis for the defense of Britain. It
  was talked about
• instead as an alternative to war, a policy which
  by mobilizing
• the overwhelming strength of the law-abiding
  nations would
• eliminate the need for large national armies
• -OR-
• the peaceful settlement of disputes by arbitration

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Where can Collective Security be found?

• The League of Nations Charter

Articles 11, 12, and 13
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What does collective security even do?

• The League of Nations members all get involved if
  any other members become involved in any war or
  threat of war
• The League of Nations make it illegal to go to
  war
• Every country helps each other
• Collective security can be understood as a
  security arrangement, regional or global, in
  which each state in the system accepts that the
  security of one is the concern of all, and agrees
  to join in a collective response to threats to,
  and breaches of, the peace.

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• Idealism

• Realistic

• Talk before you shoot
• Waiting periods
• Steps
• In the event of any failures to carry out such
  an award or decision, the council shall propose
  what steps should be taken to give effect
  thereto.-Article 13
• every country helps each other

• Shoot before you think

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Cons

• Some critics thought that these collective
  security proposals did not go far enough, since
  states could still in the end resort to war
  others felt they went too far, since no great
  power could or would bind itself in advance in
  any significant way.
• There is no force behind the League, so nobody
  has to talk their internal affairs.
• Its too idealistic.

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Going against the League of Nations?

• If any member resort to war than they have
  committed an act of war against all other
  Members of the League-Article 16
• The nation that broke the covenant becomes cut
  off by all Members of the League or non members
  so basically everyone

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Is it even effective?!

• Proponents of collective security say it is a
  much more effective approach to security than
  individual countries trying to act alone, as
  weaker countries cannot possibly defend
  themselves, and countries that try often become
  involved in never-ending arms races which
  actually detract from, rather than enhance, their
  security over the long term
• ALSO, collective security arrangements encourage
  international cooperation, while balance of power
  deterrence leads to competition and conflict
  instead