1st Edition
Revitalizing the United Nations Making and Keeping the Peace
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Preface
Foreword
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
Introduction
Tapio Kanninen and John Torpey
PART I: CONTEXT OF THE BOOK
Chapter 1
Geohistorical Context of the Book: Can the United Nations Remain Relevant in the 2020s and Beyond?
Heikki Patomäki, Tapio Kanninen and Heikki Talvitie
Chapter 2
The Future of the United Nations and the Need for New UN Policies, Strategies and Diplomacy
Bertrand G. Ramcharan
PART II: LESSONS LEARNED FROM UN EXPERIENCE
Chapter 3
The Evolution of Peace Operations: Learning Lessons and Creating Norms
A. Walter Dorn
Chapter 4
The Future of UN Peacekeeping: From Practice to Policy
John G. Cockell
Chapter 5
“Holding the Centre”: The Contribution of United Nations Peacekeeping Where There is “No Peace to Keep”
Salvator Cusimano
Chapter 6
Lessons Learned from the History of UN Efforts in Mediation of Smaller and Bigger Conflicts
Bertrand G. Ramcharan
PART III: THE CONFLICT IN GAZA/ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Chapter 7
The Origins and Evolution of the Modern State of Israel
Chas Freeman
Chapter 8
History of UN Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Georgios Kostakos and Fotini Zarogianni
Chapter 9
Pathway to Peace: The Two-State Solution in the Middle East
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
Chapter 10
Should the United Nations Administer Post-Conflict Gaza? Establishing a UN Trusteeship in Gaza Would be a Mistake
Larry D. Johnson
PART IV: THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE
Chapter 11
Lessons in Peace and Justice from the Former Yugoslavia to Ukraine and Beyond
Jessie Barton Hronešová
Chapter 12
The International Administration of Occupied Ukrainian Territory as a European and United Nations Diplomatic Option
A. Dirk Moses and Jessie Barton Hronešová
Chapter 13
Competing Narratives about Ukraine and the Possibility of Dialogue and De-Escalation
Heikki Patomäki
Chapter 14
The Potential Role of the UN in Resolving the Conflict in Ukraine
Tapio Kanninen and Heikki Patomäki
PART V: THE USES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN RESOLVING MAJOR WARS
Chapter 15
The Role of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court in Managing the Crises in Palestine/Gaza and Ukraine
Roy S. Lee
Chapter 16
The Russia-Ukraine War and the UN Charter Provisions for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
Tapio Kanninen and Georgios Kostakos
CONCLUSIONS
Tapio Kanninen and John Torpey
Index
Biography
Tapio Kanninen is Senior Fellow and Director of the Major Wars Project at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he earned his Ph.D. in Political Science in 1990. He is also President of the Global Crisis Information Network Inc. He was Chief of the Policy Planning in the UN Department of Political Affairs (1998–2005) and Head of the Secretariat of Kofi Annan’s five Summits with Regional Organizations.
John Torpey is Presidential Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Among other works, he is the author of Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: On Reparations Politics (2006; paperback 2017) and co-editor (with David Jacobson) of Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World (2016). In 2016–2017, he was President of the Eastern Sociological Society.
"Understanding the UN’s contemporary relevance requires moving beyond simplistic narratives of institutional success or failure. Instead, we must examine how the organization’s historical foundations, current operations, and potential for reform intersect with the evolving nature of global challenges. This volume aims to contribute to this critical conversation by analyzing the UN's capacity to adapt its mission, structure, and operations to a rapidly changing international landscape while preserving the core principles that have guided it for nearly eight decades."
From the Foreword by Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former Foreign and Defence Minister of Ecuador and President of the UN General Assembly
“With the United Nations in particular and multilateralism in general under siege, readers will be relieved that Kanninen and Torpey have assembled contributors who recall the essential role of both in many previous conflicts and negotiations. Surely, that capacity will soon be required again.”
Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor Emeritus, Political Science, and Director Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center
