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
Summary
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 prospects for UN reform
