LAD/Blog #33: Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

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The Kellogd Briand Peace Pact, also known as the Paris Act, was notable for attempting to make it so nations could not start a war for any reason other than self defense. It was created and named after Frank B. Kellogg, the American secretary of state, and Aristide Briand, the French Foreign Minister of Affairs. Originally signed by 15 nations, notable of which include America, Japan , Great Britain. and others, this list of signatories quickly ballooned to include more than 40 more countries. If this dream of foreign affairs was realized, it would mean the end of global warfare. Unfortunately this dream was shattered in 1931 during the Mukden Incident. During this incident, Japan decided to imperialize to help reduce the economic slump of the Great Depression. Because of vague definitions of "Self Defense" and a lack of initiative from other countries to enforce this pact, the pact failed.

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Iran Nuclear Deal
The KB Peace Pact after the Paris Peace Treaty reminded me of how the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiated by the Obama Administration which was 100+ pages of strict, clearly defined guidelines, a product of years of foreign relations and discussion was thrown out recently because of partisan politics for no new Treaty to replace it, just how the Paris Peace Treaty was thrown out and replaced only in 1928. I also found similar how the Iran Nuclear Deal was tried to be kept alive by other foreign powers like the UK and France despite US backing out, just like the Paris Peace treaty and the league of nations.
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