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We must begin our inquiry into alternative paths to world order with the question: what forms of universal political organisation, alternative to the present states system, are there? The number of alternatives that can be conceived is, of course, boundless. Here I confine my attention to a few that may be judged significant.
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See the ‘Revised Soviet Draft Treaty on General and Complete Disarmament under Strict International Control’ of 24 September 1962, and the United States’ ‘Outline of Basic Provision of a Treaty on General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World’ of 18 April 1962. Both are printed as appendices to Sir Michael Wright, Disarm and Verify (London: Chatto & Windus, 1964).
See Kaplan, System and Process in International Politics, pp. 50–2; and Arthur Lee Burns, ‘From Balance to Deterrence’, World Politics, IX, 4 July 1957).
Raymond Aron, Peace and War, A Theory of International Relations (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962) pp. 99–104.
See ‘Rousseau on War and Peace’, in Stanley Hoffmann, The State of War. Essays in the Theory and Practice of International Politics (London: Pall Mall Press, 1965).
This is quoted by Richard Cobden at the beginning of ‘England, Ireland and America’: see The Political Writings of Richard Cobden (London: Cassel, 1886) p. 3.
John Stuart Mill, ‘A Few Words on Non-Intervention’, in Dissertations and Discussions, vol. III (London: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1867).
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Bull, H. (1977). Alternatives to the Contemporary States System. In: The Anarchical Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24028-9_10
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