collective security
Alliance against aggression
Collective security is an arrangement among nations where an attack on one is treated as an attack on all, triggering a unified response.
The concept underlies organizations like NATO and the United Nations, where member states commit to mutual defense: The alliance invoked collective security after the border incursion.
The theory holds that potential aggressors will be deterred by the prospect of facing a coalition rather than a single opponent.
Western defense organization
- United NationsInternational governmental organization
- League of NationsEarly twentieth-century international body
- SEATODissolved Asian defense pact
- Warsaw PactSoviet-led military alliance
African Union · Arab League · ASEAN · pact · treaty · bloc · coalition · entente
Multi-party international cooperation
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- solidarityUnity among allies
- partnershipShared business arrangement
coordination · intergovernmental · dialogue · reciprocity · interdependence · joint action · comity · common cause
Preventing or ending conflict
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
mandate · resolution · blue helmets · no-fly zone · humanitarian corridor · arms embargo · dispute resolution · mediation
Resistance to displacement
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
peacekeeping · détente · peaceful coexistence · war prevention · arms control · nonproliferation · demilitarization
Equal distribution of influence
- mutual assured destructionReciprocal annihilation prevents war
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- nuclear umbrellaAllied atomic defense guarantee
- tripwireConcealed activation cord
NATO
Western defense organization
- United NationsInternational governmental organization
- League of NationsEarly twentieth-century international body
- SEATODissolved Asian defense pact
Warsaw Pact · African Union · Arab League · ASEAN · pact · treaty · bloc · coalition · entente · confederation
multilateralism
Multi-party international cooperation
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- solidarityUnity among allies
partnership · coordination · intergovernmental · dialogue · reciprocity · interdependence · joint action · comity · common cause · shared responsibility
peacekeeping
Preventing or ending conflict
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
enforcement · mandate · resolution · blue helmets · no-fly zone · humanitarian corridor · arms embargo · dispute resolution · mediation · arbitration
stability
Resistance to displacement
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
ceasefire · peacekeeping · détente · peaceful coexistence · war prevention · arms control · nonproliferation · demilitarization
balance of power
Equal distribution of influence
- mutual assured destructionReciprocal annihilation prevents war
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- nuclear umbrellaAllied atomic defense guarantee
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- international relationsbilateral talks, foreign affairs, UN, global politics, sanctions
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- defense treatiesdefense pact, mutual defense, military alliance, pact, Warsaw Pact
collective securityunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
unilateral action · going it alone · self-defense · self-help · autarky
collective securityisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
self-defense · autarky · non-alignment · national sovereignty
collective securitybalance of power
Equal distribution of influence
power politics · realpolitik · anarchy · spheres of influence
collection, security, collected, collecting, collective, collector, recollect, collections, collectively