The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Project of the International Peace Academy)

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"A richly informative volume on the evolving role of the Council."Chadwick Alger International Studies Review "A well-planned and fascinating book.... Well worth reading."Sally Morphet International Affairs "Encyclopedic in scope and authoritative in analysis.... everyone who cares about the future role of the United Nations and the international rule of law will want to read this book."John G. Ruggie Harvard University "It is hard to imagine a more timely volume. This is a must read for any serious student or scholar of the United Nations or indeed anyone pondering the relative success or failure of the international communitys grand experiment in regulating the use of force by law."Anne-Marie Slaughter Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University "A wide-ranging and highly topical study of that most mysterious and misunderstood international body the UN Security Council. From the first Gulf War to the second via the successes of El Salvador and Mozambique and the failures of Bosnia Somalia and Rwanda the authors examine the most eventful years in the UNs history."David Hannay British Ambassador to the UN 1990-1995 "David Malone has assembled an extraordinarily talented group of authors.... This is a key work for any who want to be informed about the United Nations."Joseph S. Nye Kennedy School Harvard University "At a time when there is vigorous debate both within and outside the UN Security Council about its relevance for world affairs this book is a necessary grounding for our thinking."I. William Zartman SAIS John Hopkins University The nature and scope of UN Security Council decisionssignificantly changed in the postCold War erahave enormous implications for the conduct of foreign policy. The UN Security Council offers a comprehensive view of the council both internally and as a key player in world politics. Focusing on the evolution of the councils treatment of key issues the authors discuss new concerns that must be accommodated in the decisionmaking process the challenges of enforcement and shifting personal and institutional factors. Case studies complement the rich thematic chapters. The book sheds much-needed light on the central events and trends of the past decade and their critical importance for the future role of the council and the UN in the sphere of international security. CONTENTS: IntroductionD. Malone. Security Council Decisions in PerspectiveP. Wallensteen and P. Johansson. SECURITY COUNCIL DECISIONMAKING: NEW CONCERNS. The Humanitarian ImpulseT. Weiss. Human RightsJ. Weschler. DemocratizationG.H. Fox. Tackling TerrorismE. Luck. Conflict PreventionE.M. Cousens. Armed Nonstate ActorsA. Franco. ENFORCING COUNCIL MANDATES. The Use of ForceA. Roberts. The Authorization Model: Resolution 678 and Its EffectsF. Berman. Reforming SanctionsD. Cortright and G.A. Lopez. The Iraq Sanctions CommitteeP. van Walsum. The Angola Sanctions CommitteeD.J.R. Angell. Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Case Iraqi CaseP.Teixeira da Silva. Virtual TrusteeshipS. Chesterman. EVOLVING INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS. Council Working MethodsS. Hulton. Permanent and Elected Council MembersK. Mahbubani. The UN Secretary-GeneralM. Goulding. International Tribunals and CourtsP. Kirsch J. Holmes and M. Johnson. Collaborating with Regional OrganizationsS. Forman and A. Grene. Groups of FriendsT. Whitfield. Special Representatives of the Secretary-GeneralC. Peck. Pressure for Security Council ReformB. Fassbender. The U.S. in the Security Council: A Faustian Bargain?F. Rawski and N. Miller. Working with NGOsJ.A. Paul. MAJOR UN OPERATIONS ON FOUR CONTINENTS. The Middle East Peace ProcessB.D. Jones. NamibiaC. Thornberry. El SalvadorB. Antonini. MozambiqueA. Ajello and P. Wittmann. BosniaM. Berdal. HaitiS. von Einsiedel and D.M. Malone. RwandaH. Adelman and A. Suhrke. Rwanda: An Insiders AccountC. Keating. Rwanda: An African PerspectiveI.A. Gambari. Sierra LeoneJ. Hirsch. KosovoP. Heinbecker. East TimorS. Eldon. East Timor: A Field PerspectiveI. Martin. Ethiopia and EritreaA. Adebajo. IMPLICATIONS. The Security Council and International LawS.R. Ratner. The Security Council in the Twenty-first CenturyC.R. Hume. ConclusionD. Malone. Appendixes.