war prevention
Stopping armed conflict
War prevention encompasses efforts to stop armed conflicts before they begin.
It includes diplomacy, arms control agreements, economic interdependence, and international institutions designed to resolve disputes peacefully.
Unlike peacekeeping, which manages existing conflicts, war prevention aims to address root causes—territorial disputes, resource competition, ethnic tensions—before they escalate to violence: The treaty was a triumph of war prevention.
The term appears most often in policy and academic contexts.
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- diplomatic channelsFormal interstate communication routes
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- United NationsInternational governmental organization
treaty · nuclear freeze · negotiation · ceasefire · deterrence · arms control · sanctions · mediation · cooling off period · neutrality · reconciliation · de-escalation · white flag · embargo · nonproliferation · conflict resolution · peacenik · dove
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Promoting or inciting warfare
aggression · military aggression · belligerence · saber-rattling · invasion
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Pro-force national policy
hawkishness · jingoism · bellicosity · escalation · martial spirit
war preventionescalation
Progressive increase in intensity
brinkmanship · provocation · arms race · tension building · military buildup
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