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Si vis pacem, para bellum may be a practical advice, but the outcome of it is an arms race.

But as the phrase the bullet cartridge is named after goes: Si vis pacem, para bellum.

IHL has a notion of self-defense, but that's only relevant to jus ad bellum.

Strong jus ad bellum and jus in bello traditions in the military?

Reopening the Strait with free passage of ships would be a return to status quo ante bellum, but the US can't even manage that...

This is like what Caesar's bellum gallicum was to historians...

That's why it is crippling the entire world's economy and demanding concessions bigger than the status quo ante bellum, with the US powerless to stop it.

Si vis pacem, para bellum - only an overwhelming imbalance of force is dissuasive enough to avoid conflict and enjoy a relatively free and safe global environment.

Military personal wear uniforms, are clearly identifiable in their operations & movements and have standards of behavior in line with jus ad bellum & jus in bello.

The worst version of Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Now we get closed shipping lanes and Bellum Americanum.

Separately, there is an entire second half to the analysis, so once the use of force is authorized (jus ad bellum), then we need to apply the actual laws of war (jus in bello).

Parabellum - derived from the latin Si vis pacem, para bellum - "If you seek peace, prepare for war".

Preparing for war and preparing to win." Clausewitz said the same thing, and the Romans were saying "Si vis pacem, para bellum" about 2500 years ago.

"If you want peace, prepare for war" (Latin: Si vis pacem, para bellum).

I had another peruse of the list and this one jumped out at me: Bellum se ipsum alet ("War will nourish on itself") Recent world events have certainly shown this to be true.

The not-so-new-anymore GOP one is called Para Bellum.