Why naval treaty enforcement clauses are difficult

Should the naval treaties have included enforcement measures?

Strong automatic enforcement risks making the treaty a trigger for war, while weaker measures still depend on sovereign states choosing to act.

An enforcement clause must specify what consequence follows a breach. The strongest simple option would threaten war against a noncompliant signatory. That turns an agreement intended to preserve peace into an automatic pathway towards conflict. Automatic military enforcement therefore contains a basic contradiction rather than providing a self-executing solution.