The UN Security Council in the 21st Century / / ed. by Sebastian von Einsiedel, Bruno Ugarte Stagno, David M. Malone.

A comprehensive view of the UN Security Council’s internal dynamics, its role and relevance in world politics, and its performance in addressing today’s major security challenges.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:A project of the International Peace Institute
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Physical Description:1 online resource (998 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The UN Security Council: Decisions and Actions
  • Part 1 Competing Interests on the Security Council
  • 3 The United States in the Security Council
  • 4 China in the Security Council
  • 5 Russia in the Security Council
  • 6 France and the United Kingdom in the Security Council
  • 7 Power Dynamics Between Permanent and Elected Members
  • 8 Council Reform and the Emerging Powers
  • 9 Working Methods: The Ugly Duckling of Security Council Reform
  • 10 The Security Council at Seventy: Ever Changing or Never Changing?
  • Part 2 Addressing Thematic Issues
  • 11 Humanitarian Action and Intervention
  • 12 Promoting Democracy
  • 13 Acting on Human Rights
  • 14 Responding to Terrorism
  • 15 Confronting Organized Crime and Piracy
  • 16 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Managing Proliferation
  • 17 The Use of Force: A System of Selective Security
  • 18 Robust Peacekeeping and the Limits of Force
  • 19 The Security Council and NATO
  • 20 The Role of Sanctions
  • Part 4 Evolving Institutional Factors
  • 21 Relations with the UN Secretary-General
  • 22 Special Representatives of the Secretary-General
  • 23 Collaborating with Regional Organizations
  • 24 Groups of Friends
  • 25 International Courts and Tribunal
  • Part 5 Key Country Cases
  • 26 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • 27 Iraq
  • 28 The Balkans
  • 29 Somalia
  • 30 Sudan
  • 31 Afghanistan
  • 32 The Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 33 Côte d’Ivoire
  • 34 Libya
  • 35 Syria
  • Part 6 The Security Council and International Order
  • 36 The Security Council and Peacekeeping
  • 37 The Security Council and International Law
  • 38 The Security Council and the Changing Distribution of Power
  • 39 The Security Council in a Fragmenting World
  • 40 Conclusion: The Security Council and a World in Crisis
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix 1 Security Council–Mandated UN Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions, 1945–2014
  • Appendix 2 Security Council–Mandated UN Political Missions, 1989–2014
  • Appendix 3 Non-UN Peace or Enforcement Operations Mandated by the Security Council, 1945–2014
  • Appendix 4 Security Council–Mandated Sanctions Regimes, 1945–2014
  • Appendix 5 Vetoes Cast in the UN Security Council, 1989–2014
  • Acronyms
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book