The United Nations, peace and security : from collective security to the responsibility to protect /

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A leading authority examines the changing role and structure of the UN, from avoiding inter-state wars to managing humanitarian emergencies. Topics examined include the use of force, the gap between legality and legitimacy, UN-US relations, the North-South divide, the international rule of law, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thakur, Ramesh, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
United Nations.
Nations Unies.
Vereinte Nationen
UN.
Security, International.
Pacific settlement of international disputes.
International relations.
Responsibility to protect (International law)
Sécurité internationale.
Règlement pacifique des conflits internationaux.
Relations internationales.
Responsabilité de protéger (Droit international)
international relations.
LAW > International.
Organisation des Nations unies.
Maintien de la paix.
Friedenssicherung
Sicherheitspolitik
Segurança coletiva.
Conflitos internacionais.
Terrorismo.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
TERRORISM.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I. AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR KEEPING THE PEACE
  • Pacific settlement, collective security and international peacekeeping
  • Peace operations and the UN-US relationship
  • PART II. SOFT SECURITY PERSPECTIVES
  • Human security
  • Human rights: civil society and the United Nations
  • International criminal justice
  • International sanctions
  • PART III. HARD SECURITY ISSUES
  • The nuclear threat
  • International terrorism
  • Kosovo 1999
  • Iraq's challenge to world order
  • The responsibility to protect
  • Developing countries and the eroding non-intervention norm
  • PART IV. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
  • Reforming the United Nations
  • The political role of the United Nations Secretary-General
  • Conclusion: At the crossroads of ideals and reality.

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