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The End of War?

Andrew Marr is joined by international lawyer Oona Hathaway, Norwegian ambassador Mona Juul, Yemen specialist Elisabeth Kendall and journalist Philip Collins.

War became illegal in 1928 with the Paris Peace Pact that created a new world order, according to the lawyer and academic Oona Hathaway. She tells Andrew Marr how this pivotal moment launched a new international system in which sanctions replaced gunboat diplomacy. Although inter-state wars have fallen since World War Two, intra-state conflicts have risen: Elisabeth Kendall explains the dire situation of one of the Arab's poorest countries, Yemen. The Norwegian ambassador to the UK Mona Juul talks about the art of international diplomacy. She played a key role in the secret talks which led to the Oslo Accords in the 1990s - the first ever agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. And Phillip Collins looks at the speeches that have shaped the world and inspired generations, especially at moments of war and conflict.
Producer: Katy Hickman.

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45 minutes

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Mon 16 Oct 2017 21:30

Oona Hathaway

Oona Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at Yale Law School, where she is the Director of the Center for Global Legal Challenges.
The Internationalists by Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro is published by Allen Lane.

Mona Juul

Mona Juul is the Norwegian Ambassador to the UK.听
Oslo is on at the Harold Pinter Theatre 2 October - 30 December.

Elisabeth Kendall

Dr Elisabeth Kendall is a Senior Research Fellow and Arabic specialist at Pembroke College, Oxford.听

Philip Collins

Philip Collins is a lead writer and columnist for The Times.听
When They Go Low, We Go High is published by Fourth Estate.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest Oona Hathaway
Interviewed Guest Mona Juul
Interviewed Guest Elisabeth Kendall
Interviewed Guest Philip Collins
Producer Katy Hickman

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  • Mon 16 Oct 2017 09:00
  • Mon 16 Oct 2017 21:30

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