Terrorismo e traffi co di armi.
La Gran Bretagna, l’India e il precedente della
Convenzione internazionale del 1937

Mariele Merlati

doi:10.3280/XXI2024-054008

Terrorism and Arms Traffi cking. Great Britain, India and the 1937 International Convention

Journal title VENTUNESIMO SECOLO
Author/s Mariele Merlati
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/54
Language Italian Pages 23 P. 151-173 File size 146 KB
DOI 10.3280/XXI2024-054008
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After the Marseille attack in 1934, in which French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou and King Alexander I of Yugoslavia lost their lives, from 1935 to 1937 the League of Nations worked on drafting the first Convention for the prevention and punishment of international terrorism. Only British India ratified the Convention, which never came into force. Despite this, it represents the most significant precursor of the definition and regulation of international terrorism and of the aﬃrmation of a nexus between arms traﬃcking and terrorism. Also availing of unpublished diplomatic documents, this essay analyses the debate raging in those years, investigating at the same time how a highly significant chapter in the history of relations between Great Britain and pre-independence India was shaped by the two countries’ diﬀerent political stances and priorities.

Keywords: Terrorism; arms traﬃcking; League of Nations; Great Britain; India; Convention.

Mariele Merlati, Terrorismo e traffi co di armi. La Gran Bretagna, l’India e il precedente della Convenzione internazionale del 1937 in "VENTUNESIMO SECOLO" 54/2024, pp 151-173, DOI: 10.3280/XXI2024-054008