Even though the Korean War has been labeled by some as a forgotten war, scholars continue to seek the root of the Sino-U.S. confrontation and Mao's decision to enter the war in Korea. Among the five interpretations I examined, Steven Goldstein compares Mao's intervention to a Greek tragedy. In my opinion, this comes closest to explaining this historical puzzle. However, this interpretation has been largely overlooked by scholarship in the field. My dissertation relies on an understanding of “Mao's American strategy” to comprehend Mao's motivation to enter the war. Mao developed his American strategy in late 1944 and by mid-1945 it was established as the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) approach to the United States. The CCP's concept of the United States was based on its analysis of Washington's long-term strategic interests in China after World War II. Washington's strategic objective was to insure its influence on China through a pro-America government. The best means to reach this objective was to establish a coalition government, which would follow America's multi-party democratic system. Considering its obvious weakness at that time, the CCP leadership welcomed a coalition government in which the CCP and the Guomindang (GMD), could enjoy equal power. However, after analysis of GMD-CCP relations, Mao reached the conclusion that Jiang would not abandon autocracy no matter how hard Washington pressed him. Therefore, a GMD-CCP clash was inevitable. The United States took the position that it had no choice but to stand on the side of the GMD and to interfere with the Chinese revolution sooner or later. Truman's blockade of the Taiwan Straits, and the United Nations troops' crossing the 38th parallel and marching toward the Yalu in 1950 triggered Mao's intervention. To meet an unavoidable clash, Mao decided to dispatch his army to Korea. In addition to explaining Mao's American strategy, I introduce an international factor: the clash between the National Independence Movement and the constraints of the Cold War. With Mao's American strategy as a chronological line and the international factor as a horizontal circumstance, this dissertation asserts that Mao's involvement in the Korean War can be seen as inevitable—a Greek tragedy.

Trata-se de um estudo crítico e interdisciplinar acerca da relação histórica entre os processos de formação, universalização, modernização e institucionalização do direito internacional e o fenômeno do imperialismo, compreendido no contexto das diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do sistema capitalista mundial moderno. A partir da articulação de um arcabouço teórico-metodológico crítico, o estudo busca compreender a evolução e o desenvolvimento histórico do direito internacional (suas normas, práticas, princípios e instituições) no contexto das diferentes fases de expansão geográfica do capitalismo, ou seja, das atividades comerciais, financeiras e militares das potências imperialistas sobre os territórios periféricos da economia mundial. O objetivo primário é investigar a natureza desta relação histórica, buscando identificar de que modo o direito internacional contribuiu, no passado, para dar forma e legitimidade às práticas (diretas e indiretas, formais e informais, coloniais e neocoloniais) do imperialismo. Uma vez constatado o passado imperialista da disciplina, o objetivo secundário passa a ser analisar, de forma crítica, o “novo” direito internacional estabelecido no século XX, sobretudo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, com o intuito de compreender em que medida esta nova estrutura legal internacional continuou a legitimar e a permitir as práticas do imperialismo, a despeito de sua nova retórica universalista, baseada nos direitos humanos, no desenvolvimento, e na cooperação internacional. Em outras palavras, busca-se compreender em que medida as principais transformações do direito internacional do século XX representaram uma ruptura com o passado imperialista da disciplina. Assim, a partir da articulação das principais teorias críticas da história do direito internacional, concluiu-se que a relação entre direito internacional imperialismo é estrutural, mútua e constante; que transcende a forma colonial, e que continua presente nas formas contemporâneas do capitalismo global e nas práticas contemporâneas do direito internacional (principalmente do direito internacional econômico). / This is a critical interdisciplinary research on the historical relationship between international law and imperialism. More specifically, it is a study on the historical relationship between the correlated processes of formation, universalization, modernisation and institutionalisation of international law and the different phases of development of the world capitalist system. The dissertation seeks to comprehend the historical development and evolution of modern international law (its norms, practices, principles and institutions, from 16th century naturalism to 20th century pragmatism) in the light of the different phases of the economic and geographical expansion of capitalism over the peripheral territories of the world economy. The primary goal is to investigate the nature of such relationship, with an aim to identify in which ways international law has contributed to the shaping and legitimation of (either formal or informal, colonial or neo-colonial) imperialist practices. The secondary goal is to analyse, from a critical standpoint, the “new” international law established in the 20th century with a view to understand to what extent this new international legal structure has continued to shape and legitimise imperialist practices, in spite of the new universalist rhetoric based on human rights, development and cooperation. In other words, the study seeks to comprehend to what extent the main 20th century transformations in international law represented or not a break from the discipline’s imperialist past. That is, to what extent they have changed the nature of the historical linkage between international law and imperialism. With the articulation of the most recent and important critical international legal scholarship the dissertation concluded that the relationship between international law and imperialism is structural, mutual and constant; that it transcends the colonial form; and that it remains present in the contemporaneous forms of global capitalism as well as in the contemporaneous practices of international law (specially international economic law).

Trata-se de um estudo crítico e interdisciplinar acerca da relação histórica entre os processos de formação, universalização, modernização e institucionalização do direito internacional e o fenômeno do imperialismo, compreendido no contexto das diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do sistema capitalista mundial moderno. A partir da articulação de um arcabouço teórico-metodológico crítico, o estudo busca compreender a evolução e o desenvolvimento histórico do direito internacional (suas normas, práticas, princípios e instituições) no contexto das diferentes fases de expansão geográfica do capitalismo, ou seja, das atividades comerciais, financeiras e militares das potências imperialistas sobre os territórios periféricos da economia mundial. O objetivo primário é investigar a natureza desta relação histórica, buscando identificar de que modo o direito internacional contribuiu, no passado, para dar forma e legitimidade às práticas (diretas e indiretas, formais e informais, coloniais e neocoloniais) do imperialismo. Uma vez constatado o passado imperialista da disciplina, o objetivo secundário passa a ser analisar, de forma crítica, o “novo” direito internacional estabelecido no século XX, sobretudo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, com o intuito de compreender em que medida esta nova estrutura legal internacional continuou a legitimar e a permitir as práticas do imperialismo, a despeito de sua nova retórica universalista, baseada nos direitos humanos, no desenvolvimento, e na cooperação internacional. Em outras palavras, busca-se compreender em que medida as principais transformações do direito internacional do século XX representaram uma ruptura com o passado imperialista da disciplina. Assim, a partir da articulação das principais teorias críticas da história do direito internacional, concluiu-se que a relação entre direito internacional imperialismo é estrutural, mútua e constante; que transcende a forma colonial, e que continua presente nas formas contemporâneas do capitalismo global e nas práticas contemporâneas do direito internacional (principalmente do direito internacional econômico). / This is a critical interdisciplinary research on the historical relationship between international law and imperialism. More specifically, it is a study on the historical relationship between the correlated processes of formation, universalization, modernisation and institutionalisation of international law and the different phases of development of the world capitalist system. The dissertation seeks to comprehend the historical development and evolution of modern international law (its norms, practices, principles and institutions, from 16th century naturalism to 20th century pragmatism) in the light of the different phases of the economic and geographical expansion of capitalism over the peripheral territories of the world economy. The primary goal is to investigate the nature of such relationship, with an aim to identify in which ways international law has contributed to the shaping and legitimation of (either formal or informal, colonial or neo-colonial) imperialist practices. The secondary goal is to analyse, from a critical standpoint, the “new” international law established in the 20th century with a view to understand to what extent this new international legal structure has continued to shape and legitimise imperialist practices, in spite of the new universalist rhetoric based on human rights, development and cooperation. In other words, the study seeks to comprehend to what extent the main 20th century transformations in international law represented or not a break from the discipline’s imperialist past. That is, to what extent they have changed the nature of the historical linkage between international law and imperialism. With the articulation of the most recent and important critical international legal scholarship the dissertation concluded that the relationship between international law and imperialism is structural, mutual and constant; that it transcends the colonial form; and that it remains present in the contemporaneous forms of global capitalism as well as in the contemporaneous practices of international law (specially international economic law).

This thesis consists in a critical analysis of international law’s traditional historical narrative about the prohibition of the use of force. Most contemporary textbooks teach that this prohibition was a creation of the twentieth century, and that beforehand States were free to resort to armed force against each other unconstrained. Positive international law, the story goes, was ‘indifferent’ to the use of force – it did not prohibit it but did not authorize it either, which meant that, in practice, States could do as they pleased. ‘Reality’ as it stems from historical sources, however, appears much more complex. In fact, not only did the vast majority of nineteenth century authors claimed war and measures short of war to be strictly ring-fenced by international law, but it also seems that States quasi-systematically felt the urge to justify their actions when they employed force against another nation. Starting from the observation of this discrepancy and using tools of history, sociology, anthropology and social psychology, the present research seeks to understand the roots of the ‘indifference’-narrative and how it became the commonly accepted version of the history of the use of force in international. / Doctorat en Sciences juridiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Trata-se de um estudo crítico e interdisciplinar acerca da relação histórica entre os processos de formação, universalização, modernização e institucionalização do direito internacional e o fenômeno do imperialismo, compreendido no contexto das diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do sistema capitalista mundial moderno. A partir da articulação de um arcabouço teórico-metodológico crítico, o estudo busca compreender a evolução e o desenvolvimento histórico do direito internacional (suas normas, práticas, princípios e instituições) no contexto das diferentes fases de expansão geográfica do capitalismo, ou seja, das atividades comerciais, financeiras e militares das potências imperialistas sobre os territórios periféricos da economia mundial. O objetivo primário é investigar a natureza desta relação histórica, buscando identificar de que modo o direito internacional contribuiu, no passado, para dar forma e legitimidade às práticas (diretas e indiretas, formais e informais, coloniais e neocoloniais) do imperialismo. Uma vez constatado o passado imperialista da disciplina, o objetivo secundário passa a ser analisar, de forma crítica, o “novo” direito internacional estabelecido no século XX, sobretudo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, com o intuito de compreender em que medida esta nova estrutura legal internacional continuou a legitimar e a permitir as práticas do imperialismo, a despeito de sua nova retórica universalista, baseada nos direitos humanos, no desenvolvimento, e na cooperação internacional. Em outras palavras, busca-se compreender em que medida as principais transformações do direito internacional do século XX representaram uma ruptura com o passado imperialista da disciplina. Assim, a partir da articulação das principais teorias críticas da história do direito internacional, concluiu-se que a relação entre direito internacional imperialismo é estrutural, mútua e constante; que transcende a forma colonial, e que continua presente nas formas contemporâneas do capitalismo global e nas práticas contemporâneas do direito internacional (principalmente do direito internacional econômico). / This is a critical interdisciplinary research on the historical relationship between international law and imperialism. More specifically, it is a study on the historical relationship between the correlated processes of formation, universalization, modernisation and institutionalisation of international law and the different phases of development of the world capitalist system. The dissertation seeks to comprehend the historical development and evolution of modern international law (its norms, practices, principles and institutions, from 16th century naturalism to 20th century pragmatism) in the light of the different phases of the economic and geographical expansion of capitalism over the peripheral territories of the world economy. The primary goal is to investigate the nature of such relationship, with an aim to identify in which ways international law has contributed to the shaping and legitimation of (either formal or informal, colonial or neo-colonial) imperialist practices. The secondary goal is to analyse, from a critical standpoint, the “new” international law established in the 20th century with a view to understand to what extent this new international legal structure has continued to shape and legitimise imperialist practices, in spite of the new universalist rhetoric based on human rights, development and cooperation. In other words, the study seeks to comprehend to what extent the main 20th century transformations in international law represented or not a break from the discipline’s imperialist past. That is, to what extent they have changed the nature of the historical linkage between international law and imperialism. With the articulation of the most recent and important critical international legal scholarship the dissertation concluded that the relationship between international law and imperialism is structural, mutual and constant; that it transcends the colonial form; and that it remains present in the contemporaneous forms of global capitalism as well as in the contemporaneous practices of international law (specially international economic law).

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This thesis examines the theory of diplomacy in the formative phase of the European states-system. From the viewpoint of the discourse on the 'ideal ambassador', it explores early modern diplomacy as cultural history encompassing ideas, discourses, perceptions and 'codes'. The scope of study is the century following the Peace of Westphalia (1648), and three states and regions (France, Britain, the Holy Roman Empire) serve as case studies for a comparative approach of diplomatic theory and practice. In five parts, the adaptation of the theory and practice of diplomacy to the new demands of international relations after 1648 are considered. The first section sets the stage by illustrating that the mid-seventeenth century was regarded as a turning point in the practice of diplomacy. Part II examines diplomatic theory as a particular 'language' in its intellectual and socio-professional contexts. While published treatises on the 'ideal ambassador' build the core of this study, related genres of international law theory, ceremonial theory and political and state science are also taken into account. From the viewpoint of this diplomatic theory, the following section examines the ways in which the instruments and practices of diplomacy were aligned to the new framework. These ranged from changes in the structural framework of diplomacy to the evolution of norms and procedures of negotiation, international law and ceremonial. Part IV reconsiders the issue of 'professionalism' in diplomatic theory with regard to the preparation and training of diplomats. Special attention is given to proposals for diplomatic 'academies', which are for the first time examined in comparison. Finally, section V recasts the findings of this thesis in a comparative perspective. It underlines that, with the emergence of a states-system, the techniques of diplomacy became formalised and uniform, constituting a common European diplomatic practice. Against the background of the different regional and structural conditions, the alleged model role of France in the evolution of diplomatic theory and practice is re-evaluated.

Friedrich Gentz était un fonctionnaire prussien né en Silésie, un publiciste, un expert des finances publiques et de l'économie politique, un diplomate autrichien et un homme d'État. Après le congrès de Vienne en 1814-1815, il devient le "secrétaire de l'Europe" tout en restant un intellectuel indépendant, et un orientaliste à la tête de la politique ottomane de l'empire autrichien. Il fut aussi l'un des penseurs et acteurs de premier plan dans les réseaux antirévolutionnaires et antinapoléoniens et un européen convaincu. Après une partie biographique dans laquelle les correspondances et les sources inédites sont mises en valeur, la première partie de cette thèse porte sur l'étude de sa formation intellectuelle et sur la mise en perspective de sa pensée politique post-Lumières dans les réseaux d'opposition modérés à la Révolution Française. L'accent étant aussi porté sur les réseaux de diffusion de sa pensée politique. La deuxième partie est tournée sur l'analyse de sa pensée et de son action en faveur de l'ordre et de la stabilité pour la « République européenne ». Son rôle dans la théorisation et la création du Concert européen en tant qu'institution de maintien de la paix et de la sécurité en Europe est mis en exergue ainsi que la période plus conservatrice de sa pensée politique à travers les Décrets de Carlsbad et son interprétation restrictive de l'article 13 de la Confédération germanique. Enfin, sa position favorable aux mouvements révolutionnaires des années 1830 et le coeur de sa pensée politique, à savoir l'idée de réconciliation des extrêmes et de réformes progressives des régimes politiques et des constitutions, sont analysés à la fin de la thèse. / Friedrich Gentz was a publicist, an expert in public finance and political economy, an Austrian diplomat. After the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815, he became the "Secretary of Europe" whilst remaining an independent intellectual and an Orientalist, at the head of the Ottoman policy of the Austrian Empire. He was also one of the architects and leading players in the anti-Revolutionary and anti-Napoleonic networks and a convinced European. Beginning with a bibliographical section in which correspondence and unpublished sources are examined, this thesis, in its first part, will focus on the study of the intellectual formation of Friedrich Gentz, and will put into perspective his post-Enlightenment political views in the opposition networks moderately opposed to the French Revolution. Particular emphasis will be placed on the networks he used to convey his political views. The second part of this thesis will analyse his thoughts and actions with regard to the order and stability of the "European Republic". Two specific aspects will be highlighted, namely: that of his role in the theorising and creation of the Concert of Europe as an institution for the maintenance of peace and security; and that most conservative moment in his political thought, his role in the Carlsbad Decrees (1819) and the Conference of Vienna (1820) with its restrictive interpretation of Article 13 of the German Confederation. At the end, both his favourable position regarding the revolutionary movements of the 1830s and the kernel of his political thought, in other words, the idea of reconciliation of extremes and the progressive reform of political systems and constitutions will be considered.

Why has international society been unable to develop political and judicial collective-security arrangements to limit external aggression? The thesis argues that efforts to limit aggression in moral and legal theory have created an unjust order in which great powers have used these theoretical traditions to reinforce their power in the global order. The thesis argues that is not a new development but can be found in one of the oldest traditions of moral reflection on war, the just war tradition. To substantiate this point, the thesis critically surveys the philosophers of the ancient Greek, Roman, Medieval Christian Renaissance, and early modern theorists of just war and demonstrates that their just war ideas contain assumptions about exclusion, identity and power reflecting their cultural superiority which underlie the practices and theories of the leading states and justifications of their aggressive wars. The thesis connects these moral reflections to the emergence of modern international law and the European pluralist international society of states based on mutual respect for sovereignty and the norm of non-intervention, highlighting how justifications of its colonial aggression against non-Europeans established an unjust solidarist order against them which persists in the post-Cold War era. To conclude it presents suggestions for improvement in the current pluralist international arrangements to address the issue of aggression.