The International Law of Economic Warfare

The International Law of Economic Warfare
Title The International Law of Economic Warfare PDF eBook
Author Teoman M. Hagemeyer-Witzleb
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 406
Release 2021-07-14
Genre Law
ISBN 3030728463

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Since the prohibition of the threat or use of force and the resurgence of (economic) nationalism, economic warfare has become an increasingly important substitute for actual hostilities between states. Its manifestations range from medieval sieges to modern day trade wars. Despite its long history, economic warfare remains an elusive term, foreign to international law. This book seeks to identify those portions of international law that are applicable to economic warfare. What is the status quo of regulation? Is there a jus ad bellum oeconomicum? A jus in bello oeconomico? After putting forward its own definition of economic warfare, the book reviews historical case studies – reflecting the three main branches of international economic law: trade, investment and currency – to identify pertinent legal boundaries. While the case studies reveal that numerous rules of international (economic) law regulate (specific measures of) economic warfare, it remains to be seen whether – analogously to the prohibition of the threat or use of force – these selective limitations have the potential to coalesce into a general prohibition of economic warfare in the future.

War Economies and International Law

War Economies and International Law
Title War Economies and International Law PDF eBook
Author Mark B. Taylor
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 329
Release 2021-07-15
Genre Law
ISBN 1108483704

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This book describes how international law regulates the problems that arise where economic activity meets violent conflict.

Economic Foundations of International Law

Economic Foundations of International Law
Title Economic Foundations of International Law PDF eBook
Author Eric A. Posner
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 383
Release 2013-01-01
Genre Law
ISBN 0674067630

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Exchange of goods and ideas among nations, cross-border pollution, global warming, and international crime pose formidable questions for international law. Two respected scholars provide an intellectual framework for assessing these problems from a rational choice perspective and describe conditions under which international law succeeds or fails.

The Economic Weapon

The Economic Weapon
Title The Economic Weapon PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Mulder
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 449
Release 2022
Genre BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN 0300259360

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Tracing the history of economic sanctions from the blockades of World War I to the policing of colonial empires and the interwar confrontation with fascism, Nicholas Mulder combines political, economic, legal, and military history to reveal how a coercive wartime tool was adopted as an instrument of peacekeeping by the League of Nations.This timely study casts an overdue light on why sanctions are widely considered a form of war, and why their unintended consequences are so tremendous.

The Ethics of Insurgency

The Ethics of Insurgency
Title The Ethics of Insurgency PDF eBook
Author Michael L. Gross
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 343
Release 2015-01-12
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1316194302

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As insurgencies rage, a burning question remains: how should insurgents fight technologically superior state armies? Commentators rarely ask this question because the catchphrase 'we fight by the rules, but they don't' is nearly axiomatic. But truly, are all forms of guerrilla warfare equally reprehensible? Can we think cogently about just guerrilla warfare? May guerrilla tactics such as laying improvised explosive devices (IEDs), assassinating informers, using human shields, seizing prisoners of war, conducting cyber strikes against civilians, manipulating the media, looting resources, or using nonviolence to provoke violence prove acceptable under the changing norms of contemporary warfare? The short answer is 'yes', but modern guerrilla warfare requires a great deal of qualification, explanation, and argumentation before it joins the repertoire of acceptable military behavior. Not all insurgents fight justly, but guerrilla tactics and strategies are also not always the heinous practices that state powers often portray them to be.

Planning Armageddon

Planning Armageddon
Title Planning Armageddon PDF eBook
Author Nicholas A. Lambert
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 662
Release 2012-01-01
Genre History
ISBN 0674063066

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Before the First World War, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory in the event of war with Germany-economic warfare on an unprecedented scale.This secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's effective monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping-the essential infrastructure underpinning global trade-to create a controlled implosion of the world economic system. In this revisionist account, Nicholas Lambert shows in lively detail how naval planners persuaded the British political leadership that systematic disruption of the global economy could bring about German military paralysis. After the outbreak of hostilities, the government shied away from full implementation upon realizing the extent of likely collateral damage-political, social, economic, and diplomatic-to both Britain and neutral countries. Woodrow Wilson in particular bristled at British restrictions on trade. A new, less disruptive approach to economic coercion was hastily improvised. The result was the blockade, ostensibly intended to starve Germany. It proved largely ineffective because of the massive political influence of economic interests on national ambitions and the continued interdependencies of all countries upon the smooth functioning of the global trading system. Lambert's interpretation entirely overturns the conventional understanding of British strategy in the early part of the First World War and underscores the importance in any analysis of strategic policy of understanding Clausewitz's "political conditions of war."

The Economic War Against Cuba

The Economic War Against Cuba
Title The Economic War Against Cuba PDF eBook
Author Salim Lamrani
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 142
Release 2013-03
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1583673407

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It is impossible to fully understand Cuba today without also understanding the economic sanctions levied against it by the United States. For over fifty years, these sanctions have been upheld by every presidential administration, and at times intensified by individual presidents and acts of Congress. They are a key part of the U.S. government’s ongoing campaign to undermine the Cuban Revolution, and stand in egregious violation of international law. Most importantly, the sanctions are cruelly designed for their harmful impact on the Cuban people. In this concise and sober account, Salim Lamrani explains everything you need to know about U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba: their origins, their provisions, how they contravene international law, and how they affect the lives of Cubans. He examines the U.S. government’s own official documents to expose what is hiding in plain sight: an indefensible, vicious, and wasteful blockade that has been roundly condemned by citizens around the world.