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MILITARY AGGRESSION [9 records]

Record 1 2025-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
DEF

A military operation under the auspices of the United Nations or of a regional international organization, undertaken in response to a threat to, or breach of, the peace or an act of aggression, with the intent of maintaining or restoring peace and security.

OBS

peace enforcement operation; PEO: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
DEF

Opération militaire menée sous les auspices des Nations Unies ou d'un organisme international régional en réaction à une menace, à une rupture de la paix ou à un acte d'agression, en vue de maintenir ou de rétablir la paix et la sécurité.

OBS

opération d'imposition de la paix : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

opération d'imposition de la paix : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

... the Leaders of the Group of Seven(G7) remain resolved to stand with the Ukrainian people and government who heroically resist [the] Russian President[ 's] military aggression and war of choice against their sovereign nation. This unprovoked and unjustified attack is causing enormous suffering and a tragic loss of life...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

Les deux hommes se sont rencontrés à Paris et ont «réaffirmé leur engagement à imposer des coûts importants au président [russe] et à ses associés tant qu'ils poursuivront leur guerre de choix en Ukraine», a déclaré le porte-parole du département d'État [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A political, economic, military [or] other measure taken by a state or coalition of states in order to prevent aggression or other breaches of international law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Ensemble de mesures politiques, économiques, militaires ou autres, prises par un État (ou une coalition d'États) pour prévenir une agression ou d'autres violations du droit international.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
CONT

Despite the headlines..., the great power competition is more evident at sea, where the absence of clear observable borders, a lack of governance, patchy surveillance and a poor security tapestry allow for actions between naval forces that, on land, would be acts of aggression triggering large scale political and military ramifications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
CONT

[…] c'est en mer que la concurrence entre les grandes puissances est la plus marquée, là où l'absence de frontières clairement observables, le manque de gouvernance, les lacunes de la surveillance et l'insuffisance du maillage de sécurité permettent aux forces navales de se livrer à des actions qui, à terre, seraient considérées comme des actes d'agression et auraient d'importantes ramifications politiques et militaires.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade.

OBS

In seeking to end the arms trade, CAAT's priorities are : to stop the procurement or export of arms where they might exacerbate conflict, support aggression, increase tension, support an oppressive regime, undermine democracy or threaten social welfare through the level of military spending; to end all government political and financial support for arms exports; and to promote progressive demilitarisation within arms-producing countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

The initial employment of specific military measures, such as nuclear weapons, during the conduct of a war.

OBS

A belligerent could execute a second strike in response to aggression, yet be the first to employ nuclear weapons.

CONT

... the long-standing NATO policy that nuclear weapons, and implicity the threat of their first use, make "the risks of any aggression incalculable and unacceptable" by denying potential aggressors any certainty about the "nature of the Allies’ response to military aggression. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

[... la Russie ne saurait exclure le principe d'un emploi en premier de l'arme nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Intelligence (Military)
OBS

In the military it is intelligence that requires the immediate attention of the commander. It includes, but is not limited to :(a) strong indications of the imminent outbreak of hostilities of any type(warning of attack) ;(b) aggression of any nature against a friendly country;(c) indications or use of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons(targets) ;and(d) significant events within potential enemy countries that may lead to modifications of nuclear strike plans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Renseignement (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

The act of countering aggression of any type with tremendous destructive power; particularly a crushing nuclear response to any provocation deemed serious enough to warrant military action.

OBS

massive retaliation: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Armes CBRNE
OBS

représailles massives : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • représaille massive

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
  • CBRNE Weapons
CONT

The fundamental purpose of the nuclear forces of the Allies is political : to preserve peace and prevent coercion and any kind of war. They will continue to fulfil an essential role by ensuring uncertainty in the mind of any aggressor about the nature of the Allies’ response to military aggression. They demonstrate that aggression of any kind is not a rational option. The supreme guarantee of the security of the Allies is provided by the strategic nuclear forces of the Alliance...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

L'objectif fondamental des forces nucléaires des Alliés est politique : préserver la paix et prévenir la coercition ainsi que toute forme de guerre. Elles continueront à jouer un rôle essentiel en maintenant tout agresseur dans le doute quant à la façon dont les Alliés riposteraient en cas d'agression militaire. Elles démontrent qu'une agression, quelle qu'en soit la forme, n'est pas une option rationnelle. La garantie suprême de la sécurité des Alliés est apportée par les forces nucléaires stratégiques de l'Alliance [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones QBRNE
  • Armas QBRNE
CONT

El objetivo fundamental de las fuerzas nucleares de los aliados es político: preservar la paz y prevenir la coacción, así como cualquier forma de guerra. Seguirán desempeñando un papel esencial al mantener en la incertidumbre a cualquier agresor en cuanto al modo como responderán los aliados en caso de agresión militar. Demuestran que ninguna clase de agresión constituye una opción racional. La garantía suprema de la seguridad de los aliados la constituyen las fuerzas nucleares estratégicas de la Alianza [...]

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