The presented monograph provides a theoretical and methodological study of the factors of force and violence in world politics, stages and historical experience of state policy in the field of political legitimization of acts of use of force in international relations.
The need to address the threat of the use of force, or its use, is assessed by States in the context of the international situation and their own foreign policy goals. With international institutions operating inefficiently, while searching for ways to protect national interests, States are forced to independently assess the situation, look for available means of coercion and compulsion, and decide on their readiness to bear international responsibility for the severity of the consequences of their behavior.
The authors analyzed the current trends affecting the mechanism of political and legal justification of the need for the use of force in international relations.
When writing the manual, the materials of their own dissertations, as well as textbooks and monographs published earlier, statistical materials and modern regulatory documents were used.