Context: Another important factor is the apparent consensus among Western great powers that military force is no longer an effective tool of resolving disputes among their peers. This "subset" of great powers – France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – consider maintaining a "state of peace" as desirable. As evidence, Baron outlines that since the Cuban missile crisis (1962) during the Cold War, these influential Western nations have resolved all disputes among the great powers peacefully at the United Nations and other forums of international discussion.

Question: What formerly effective tool for international disputes is no longer effective among peer powers?
Answer: military force

Question: What great powers have maintained peace?
Answer: France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States

Question: Where have the powers maintained peace in recent years?
Answer: United Nations and other forums

Question: What was the last crisis during cold war to escalate world powers?
Answer: Cuban missile crisis (1962

Question: What countries agree that military force is effective to resolve disputes?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: During what event did great powers use military force?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who mentioned that Western great powers still use military force to resolve disputes?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What formerly effective tool for the Cuban missile crisis is no longer effective?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where have western nations discussed using military force?
Answer: Unanswerable