The historical and theoretical evolution of collective security (including in the Baltic Sea region) from the 1648 Westphalia Peace to Woodrow Wilson’s 1920 League of Nations

• Authors: Milton . Davis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Modern political thinkers have ushered in the theoretical concepts of modern alliances and collective security/defense. Before these political theories were turned into modern organizations, many radical changes had to take place in how international relations were perceived in Europe and the world. These dynamic changes started at the end of the Thirty Years War, with the signing of the Westphalia treaties in 1648, and came to fruition with the forming of the League of Nations in 1920. This article explores this 272 year historical process including its impact on the population of the Baltic Sea countries.

Keywords

EN

Thirty Years War; Holy Roman Empire; Cardinal de Richelieu; collective; security; Westphalia; Baltic Sea Region; Central Europe; Congress; Concert of Europe; charter; covenant; & League of Nations

• Publisher: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Journal: Security and Defence Quarterly
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-98

Dates

published

2016-03-31

Contributors

author

Milton . Davis

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/23008741.1215420