1st Edition

UN Sanctions and Conflict Responding to Peace and Security Threats

By Andrea Charron Copyright 2011
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the application of the UN Security Council's mandatory sanctions since 1946, and, in particular, the regimes adopted for specific types of conflict. Beginning in the Cold War period with South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and continuing today, following the post-9/11 experience with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, sanctions are a key tool in the UN's efforts to deal with conflict.... Read more

1. Setting The Context  2. Interstate Conflicts  3. Intrastate Conflicts  4. International Norm-Breaking States  5. Terrorism  6. Conclusion: The Art of Tailoring 

Biography

Andrea Charron is a Research Associate at the Centre for Security and Defence Studies, Carleton University, Canada.

"In UN sanctions and conflict, Andrea Charron gives a solid review of UN sanctions, showing that the end of the Cold War brought with it a new willingness among the permanent members of the Council to use Chapter VII instruments, including sanctions." - Alex Vines, International Affairs, Vol 88, 4, July 2012