In an anarchic system, peaceful coexistence relies on agreements, treaties and institutions, for it is not natural otherwise, as anarchy precludes this. The notion of natural peace is false and must be dispelled, for mankind’s propensity for war has laid waste to such claims. Leonard Woolf had argued that in order to achieve peace and prosperity, a “consciously devised machinery” is required . Such reasoning was not lost upon the leading architect of the League of Nations. President Woodrow Wilson advocating for the creation of an international authority that would manage international relations, accordingly stated, that peace could only be secured with the creation of an international institution to regulate [global] anarchy .
The collapse
The collapse