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A formal collective act by which a lesser state gives an undertaking, guaranteed by a group of greater powers, that it will not involve itself in war (except in self-defence) and will take great care not to give political offence in any quarter. In the past neutralization has been used in an attempt to protect small states against powerful neighbours and, more particularly, to maintain the independence (sense 1) of buffer states. During the Cold War Austria (1955) and Laos (1962) were neutralized but, for the reasons given in the entry on buffer states, the device has since the middle of the twentieth century lost most of its relevance. See also neutrality; non-alignment; permanent neutrality. |
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