Neutral country
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A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO). As a type of non-combatant status, nationals of neutral countries enjoy protection under the law of war from belligerent actions to a greater extent than other non-combatants such as enemy civilians and prisoners of war. Different countries interpret their neutrality differently:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> some, such as Costa Rica have demilitarized, while Switzerland holds to "armed neutrality", to deter aggression with a sizeable military, while barring itself from foreign deployment.
Not all neutral countries avoid any foreign deployment or alliances, as Austria and Ireland have active UN peacekeeping forces and a political alliance within the European Union. Sweden's traditional policy was not to participate in military alliances, with the intention of staying neutral in the case of war. Immediately before World War II, the Nordic countries stated their neutrality, but Sweden changed its position to that of non-belligerent at the start of the Winter War. Sweden would uphold its policy of neutrality until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the Cold War, former Yugoslavia claimed military and ideological neutrality from both the Western and Eastern Bloc, becoming a co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.
There have been considerable changes to the interpretation of neutral conduct over the past centuries.<ref>Stephen Neff: "Three-Fold Struggle over Neutrality: The American Experience in the 1930s" In: Pascal Lottaz/Herbert R. Reginbogin (eds.): Notions of Neutralities, Lanham (MD): Lexington Books 2019, pp. 3–28</ref>
TerminologyEdit
- A neutral country in a particular war, is a sovereign state which refrains from joining either side of the conflict and adheres to the principle of the Law of Neutrality under international law. Although countries have historically often declared themselves as neutral at the outbreak of war, there is no obligation for them to do so.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The rights and duties of a neutral power are defined in sections 5<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- A permanently neutral power is a sovereign state which is bound by international treaty, or by its own declaration, to be neutral towards the belligerents of all future wars. An example of a permanently neutral power is Switzerland. The concept of neutrality in war is narrowly defined and puts specific constraints on the neutral party in return for the internationally recognized right to remain neutral.
- Neutralism or a "neutralist policy" is a foreign policy position wherein a state intends to remain neutral in future wars. A sovereign state that reserves the right to become a belligerent if attacked by a party to the war is in a condition of armed neutrality.
- A non-belligerent state is one that indirectly participates in a war by politically or materially helping one side of the conflict and thus not participating militarily. For example, it may allow its territory to be used for the war effort. Contrary to neutrality, this term is not defined under international law.
Rights and responsibilities of a neutral powerEdit
Belligerents may not invade neutral territory,<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 1</ref> and a neutral power's resisting any such attempt does not compromise its neutrality.<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 10</ref>
A neutral power must intern belligerent troops who reach its territory,<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 11</ref> but not escaped prisoners of war.<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 13</ref> Belligerent armies may not recruit neutral citizens,<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 4, 5</ref> but they may go abroad to enlist.<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 6</ref> Belligerent armies' personnel and materiel may not be transported across neutral territory,<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 2</ref> but the wounded may be.<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 14</ref> A neutral power may supply communication facilities to belligerents,<ref>Hague Convention, §5 Art. 8</ref> but not war materiel,<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 6</ref> although it need not prevent export of such materiel.<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 7</ref>
Belligerent naval vessels may use neutral ports for a maximum of 24 hours, though neutrals may impose different restrictions.<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 12</ref> Exceptions are to make repairs—only the minimum necessary to put back to sea<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 14</ref>—or if an opposing belligerent's vessel is already in port, in which case it must have a 24-hour head start.<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 16</ref> A prize ship captured by a belligerent in the territorial waters of a neutral power must be surrendered by the belligerent to the neutral, which must intern its crew.<ref>Hague Convention, §13 Art. 3</ref>
Recognition and codificationEdit
Neutrality has been recognised in different ways, and sometimes involves a formal guarantor. For example, Switzerland and Belgium's neutrality was recognized by the signatories of the Congress of Vienna,<ref name=":32">Template:Cite book</ref> Austria has its neutrality guaranteed by its four former occupying powers, and Finland by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The form of recognition varies, often by bilateral treaty (Finland), multilateral treaty (Austria) or a UN declaration (Turkmenistan). These treaties can in some ways be forced on a country (Austria's neutrality was insisted upon by the Soviet Union) but in other cases it is an active policy of the country concerned to respond to a geopolitical situation (Ireland in the Second World War).<ref name="nato notes"/>
For the country concerned, the policy is usually codified beyond the treaty itself. Austria and Japan codify their neutrality in their constitutions, but they do so with different levels of detail. Some details of neutrality are left to be interpreted by the government while others are explicitly stated; for example, Austria may not host any foreign bases, and Japan cannot participate in foreign wars. Yet Sweden, lacking formal codification, was more flexible during the Second World War in allowing troops to pass through its territory.<ref name="nato notes"/>
Armed neutralityEdit
Armed neutrality is the posture of a state or group of states that has no alliance with either side of a war but asserts that it will defend itself against resulting incursions from any party,<ref>Template:Cite book, p. 325.</ref> making the benefit to a belligerent of entering the country by force not worth the cost.Template:Cn
This may include:
- Military preparedness without commitment, especially as the expressed policy of a neutral nation in wartime, and the readiness to counter with force an invasion of rights by any belligerent power.<ref name="Armed Neutrality Definition">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Armed neutrality is a term used in international politics for the attitude of a state or group of states that makes no alliance with either side in a war. It is the condition of a neutral power during a war to hold itself ready to resist by force, any aggression of either belligerent.<ref name="USLegal Armed Neutrality Definition">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Armed neutrality makes a seemingly-neutral state take up arms for protection to maintain its neutrality.
The term derives from the historic maritime neutrality of the First League of Armed Neutrality of the Nordic countries and Russia under the leadership of Catherine the Great, which was invented in the late 18th century but has since been used only to refer to countries' neutralities.<ref>Leos Müller: "The Forgotten History of Maritime Neutrality, 1500–1800". In: Pascal Lottaz/Herbert R. Reginbogin (eds.): Notions of Neutralities, Lanham (MD): Lexington Books 2019, pp. 67–86</ref> Sweden and Switzerland are independently of each other famed for their armed neutralities, which they maintained throughout both World War I and World War II.<ref>Bissell and Gasteyger, The Missing link: West European Neutrals and Regional Security, 1990, p. 117; Murdoch and Sandler, "Swedish Military Expenditures and Armed Neutrality," in The Economics of Defence Spending, 1990, pp. 148–149.</ref> The Swiss and the Swedes each have a long history of neutrality: they have not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and 1814, respectively.<ref>The last civil war on Swiss soil was the Sonderbund War of 1847.</ref> Switzerland continues to pursue, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world.<ref name="American Foreign Relations">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to Edwin Reischauer, "To be neutral you must be ready to be highly militarized, like Switzerland or Sweden."<ref>Chapin, Emerson. "Edwin Reischauer, Diplomat and Scholar, Dies at 79," New York Times. 2 September 1990.</ref> Sweden ended its policy of neutrality when it joined NATO in 2024.
In contrast, some neutral states may heavily reduce their military and use it for the express purpose of home defense and the maintenance of their neutrality, while other neutral states may abandon military power altogether (examples of states doing this include Liechtenstein). However, the lack of a military does not always result in neutrality: Countries such as Costa Rica and Iceland replaced their standing army with a military guarantee from a stronger power or participation in a mutual defense pact (under TIAR and NATO respectively).
Leagues of armed neutralityEdit
- The First League of Armed Neutrality was an alliance of minor naval powers organized in 1780 by Catherine II of Russia to protect neutral shipping during the American Revolutionary War.<ref>See, generally, Scott, The Armed Neutralities of 1780 and 1800: A Collection of Official Documents Preceded by the Views of Representative Publicists, 1918; Karsh, Neutrality and Small States, 1988, pp. 16–17; Jones, Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations to 1913, 2009, pp. 15–17.</ref> The establishment of the First League of Armed Neutrality was viewed by Americans as a mark of Russian friendship and sympathy. This league had a lasting impact of Russian-American relations and the relations of those two powers and Britain. It was also the basis for international maritime law, which is still in effect.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Second League of Armed Neutrality was an effort to revive this during the French Revolutionary Wars.<ref>See, generally, Scott, The Armed Neutralities of 1780 and 1800: A Collection of Official Documents Preceded by the Views of Representative Publicists, 1918; Karsh, Neutrality and Small States, 1988, p. 17.</ref> It was an alliance with Denmark-Norway, Prussia, Sweden and Russia. It existed between 1800 and 1801. The idea of the league was to protect neutral shipping from being stopped by the British Royal Navy. The British viewed the league as siding with the French and in 1801 attacked and defeated a Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen. After the death of the Russian Tsar Paul I in the same year, the league collapsed.
- A potential Third League of Armed Neutrality was discussed during the American Civil War, but was never realized.<ref>Bienstock, The Struggle for the Pacific, 2007, p. 150.</ref>
PeacekeepingEdit
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For many states, such as Ireland, neutrality does not mean the absence of any foreign interventionism. Peacekeeping missions for the United Nations are seen as intertwined with it.<ref name="Irish peacekeeping">Template:Cite news</ref> The Swiss electorate rejected a 1994 proposal to join UN peacekeeping operations. Despite this, 23 Swiss observers and police have been deployed around the world in UN projects.<ref> International peace-keeping operations. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Federal Administration admin.ch. Retrieved 22 December 2013.</ref>
Points of debateEdit
The legitimacy of whether some states are as neutral as they claim has been questioned in some circles, although this depends largely on a state's interpretation of its form of neutrality.
European UnionEdit
Template:See also There are three members of the European Union that still describe themselves as a neutral country in some form: Austria, Ireland, and Malta. With the development of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy, the extent to which they are, or should be neutral is debated.
For example, Ireland, which sought guarantees for its neutrality in EU treaties, argues that its neutrality does not mean that Ireland should avoid engagement in international affairs such as peacekeeping operations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Since the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, EU members are bound by TEU, Article 42.7, which obliges states to assist a fellow member that is the victim of armed aggression. It accords "an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in [other member states'] power" but would "not prejudice the specific character of the security and defense policy of certain Member States" (neutral policies), allowing members to respond with non-military aid. Ireland's constitution prohibits participating in such a common defence.
With the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in defense at the end of 2017, the EU's activity on military matters has increased. The policy was designed to be inclusive and allows states to opt in or out of specific forms of military cooperation. That has allowed most of the neutral states to participate, but opinions still vary. Some members of the Irish Parliament considered Ireland's joining PESCO as an abandonment of neutrality. It was passed with the government arguing that its opt-in nature allowed Ireland to "join elements of PESCO that were beneficial such as counter-terrorism, cybersecurity and peacekeeping... what we are not going to be doing is buying aircraft carriers and fighter jets". Malta, as of December 2017, is the only neutral state not to participate in PESCO. The Maltese government argued that it was going to wait and see how PESCO develops to see whether it would compromise Maltese neutrality.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Neutrality during World War IIEdit
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Many countries made neutrality declarations during World War II. However, of the European states closest to the war, only Andorra, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (with Liechtenstein), and Vatican City (the Holy See) remained neutral to the end.
Their fulfillment to the letter of the rules of neutrality has been questioned: Ireland supplied important secret information to the Allies; for instance, the date of D-Day was decided on the basis of incoming Atlantic weather information, some of it supplied by Ireland but kept from Germany. Ireland also secretly allowed Allied aircraft to use the Donegal Corridor, making it possible for British planes to attack German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic. On the other hand, both Axis and Allied pilots who crash landed in Ireland were interned.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Sweden and Switzerland, surrounded by possessions and allies of Nazi Germany similarly made concessions to Nazi requests as well as to Allied requests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sweden was also involved in intelligence operations with the Allies, including listening stations in Sweden and espionage in Germany. Spain offered to join the war on the side of Nazi Germany in 1940, allowed Axis ships and submarines to use its ports, imported war materials for Germany, and sent a Spanish volunteer combat division to aid the Nazi war effort. Portugal officially stayed neutral, but actively supported both the Allies by providing overseas naval bases, and Germany by selling tungsten.
The United States was initially neutral and bound by the Neutrality Acts of 1936 not to sell war materials to belligerents. Once war broke out, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt persuaded Congress to replace the act with the Cash and carry program that allowed the US to provide military aid to the allies, despite opposition from non-interventionist members.<ref name="Neutrality Acts">Template:Cite book</ref> The "Cash and carry" program was replaced in March 1941 by Lend-Lease, effectively ending the US pretense of neutrality.
Sweden also made concessions to the German Reich during the war to maintain its neutrality, the biggest concession was to let the 163rd German Infantry Division to be transferred from Norway to Finland by Swedish trains, to aid the Finns in the Continuation War. The decision caused a political "Midsummer Crisis" of 1941, about Sweden's neutrality.
Equally, Vatican City made various diplomatic concessions to the Axis and Allied powers alike, while still keeping to the rules of the Law of Neutrality. The Holy See has been criticized—but largely exonerated later—for its silence on moral issues of the war.<ref>Pascal Lottaz and Florentino Rodao: "The Vatican, World War II, and Asia: Lessons of Neutral Diplomacy", In: Pascal Lottaz/Herbert R. Reginbogin (eds.): Notions of Neutralities, Lanham (MD): Lexington Books 2019, pp. 215–238.</ref>
Imperialism and anti-imperialismEdit
Neutrality and neutral countries have been an important but also challenging element in the history of imperialist power-play, as a space for the formation of internationalism and various anti-imperialisms.<ref name="i452">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="k842">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="a710">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
List of countries proclaiming to be neutralEdit
Some countries may occasionally claim to be "neutral" but not comply with the internationally agreed upon definition of neutrality as listed above.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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List of formerly neutral countriesEdit
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| Afghanistan | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1945 (neutral during World War II) |
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| Albania | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1968 (attempted neutrality during the Prague Spring) |
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| Argentina | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1945 (attempted neutrality during World War II) |
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| Belgium | 1839–1914 (to World War I) 1936–1940 (to World War II) |
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| Bhutan | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1945 (neutral during World War II) |
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| Cambodia | 1955–1970 (to Vietnam War) |
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| Chile | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1938–1943 (to World War II) |
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| Colombia | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1933–1943 (to World War II) |
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| Cracow | 1815–1846 (to annexation) |
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| Denmark | 1864–1940 (after Second Schleswig War to World War II) |
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| El Salvador | 1906–1941 (to World War II) | Template:See also
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| Estonia | 1938–1939 (to World War II) |
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| Ethiopia | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) |
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| Finland | 1935–1939 (to Winter War) 1956–2022 (from return of Porkkala lease area to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) |
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| Greenland | 1940–1941 (from Fall of Denmark to World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} | ||||
| Haudenosaunee | 1783–1917 (to World War I) |
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| Hawaii | 1854–1898 (to annexation) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Hungary | 1956 (attempted neutrality during the Hungarian Revolution) |
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| Iceland | 1918–1940 (to World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Iran | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1943 (neutral during World War II) |
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| Italy | 1914–1915 (to World War I) |
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| Laos | 1955–1975 (ostensibly neutral throughout the Vietnam War) |
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| Latvia | 1938–1939 (to World War II) |
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| Liberia | 1914–1917 (to World War I) 1939–1944 (to World War II) |
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| Lithuania | 1939 (to World War II) |
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| Luxembourg | 1839–1914 (to World War I) 1920–1940 (to World War II) |
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| Nepal | 1858–1914 (to World War I) 1918–1939 (to World War II) |
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| Netherlands | 1839–1940 (to World War II) |
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| Norway | 1814–1940 (to World War II) | Template:See also
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| Oklahoma | 1834–1861 (to U.S. Civil War) 1866–1906 (to annexation) |
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| Spain | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1940–1945 (neutral during World War II) |
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| Texas | 1836–1846 (to annexation) 1861 (to U.S. Civil War) |
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| Thailand | 1940–1941 (to World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Tibet | 1939–1945 (neutral during World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Tonga | 1845–1939 (to World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Turkey | 1940–1945 (neutral during World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Ukraine | 1991–2014 (to Russo-Ukrainian War) |
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| United States | 1914–1917 (to World War I) 1939–1941 (to World War II) |
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| Uruguay | 1870–1945 (to World War II) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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| Venezuela | 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1942 (to World War II) |
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| Venice | 1718–1797 (to French Revolutionary Wars) | labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} | ||||
| Yemen | 1939–1945 (neutral during World War II) |
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| Yugoslavia | 1940–1941 (to World War II) 1949–1992 (to Yugoslav Wars) |
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See alsoEdit
- Buffer state
- Dual loyalty
- European Union–NATO relations
- International humanitarian law
- Neutral powers during World War II
- Non-belligerent
- Non-interventionism
- Policy of deliberate ambiguity
- Strategic autonomy
- Third World
- Neutral and Non-Aligned European States
- Neutralized Zone of Savoy
ReferencesEdit
BibliographyEdit
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- Bienstock, Gregory. The Struggle for the Pacific. Alcester, Warwickshire, U.K.: Read Books, 2007. Template:ISBN
- Bissell, Richard E. and Gasteyger, Curt Walter. The Missing link: West European Neutrals and Regional Security. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1990. Template:ISBN
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- Karsh, Efraim. Neutrality and Small States. Florence, Ky.: Routledge, 1988. Template:ISBN
- Kulsrud, Carl J. "Armed Neutrality to 1870." The American Journal of International Law. Vol. 29, No. 3 (July 1935), pp. 423–447 Template:JSTOR
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External linksEdit
- Declaration for the Purpose of establishing Similar Rules of Neutrality, with Annexes
- The British Government's note affirming its neutrlality in the French-Prussian War of 1871, and answering Prussian allegations of a hidden pro-French bias
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