PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL NATURE OF ARBITRARINESS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

The genesis and essence of arbitrariness as a negative social and legal phenomenon in social relations of both individual states and in international relations is clarified in the article using modern methodology of cognition of the theory and practice of international legal relations. The scientific research applies a scientific approach that makes it possible to holistically comprehend arbitrariness as an antisocial and unlawful tortious behavior of an individual, its psychological and legal aspects and motives. Also the peculiarities of reproduction in the public consciousness of individual social communities, their structuring and legitimization in the political process, coming to power, as well as the formation of arbitrary authoritarian and their highest forms of totalitarian legal regimes are applied. The results of the study of determinants that contribute to the emergence of arbitrariness in international legal relations both in the past and in modern conditions at the turn of XX–XXI centuries are set out in the article. Among them: legal imperfection of the system of global and regional security, which was created after the Second World War and the confrontation between the military blocs of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, as well as between the EU and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; change of priorities by Western politicians in relation to the system of social values and actualization of the issues of economic security in their states, expansion of cooperation with authoritarian regimes in the exchange of advanced technologies, goods and services; total fear of the leaders of international organizations and Western democracies of intimidation and threats from authoritarian states; inactivity of international security organizations, uncivilly and contradictory norms of international legal acts that define the legal status of these organizations and the procedure for applying sanctions to subjects of legal relations that violate the international legal order; reduction of the role of law and dominance of the political component in international relations; imperfect system of preventive measures to limit arbitrariness, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, denuclearization, which led to the military strengthening of authoritarian regimes and their consolidation and confrontation with the all democratic world; destructive policy of Schroeder-Merkelism in the issues of legal, political and economic cooperation between states, reconciliation with states which are violators of international law, freezing of regional conflicts between subjects of international law. Possible legal procedures for preventing and making arbitrariness impossible in international relations, violations of international and, in particular, international humanitarian law are outlined. Attention is focused on the integration of arbitrary current regimes and their negative impact on the activities of international and international security organizations, interstate relations. The author’s position on the legal and political prospects of preventing arbitrary behavior of subjects of international relations is presented.