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casus belli
international relations
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- law of war
- international relations
- just war
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- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Casus Belli (Dec. 23, 2024)
casus belli, a Latin term describing a situation said to justify a state in initiating war. The United Nations charter provides that warlike measures are permissible only if authorized by the Security Council or the general assembly or if necessary for "individual or collective self-defense" against "armed attack."