Written by best-selling author Edward C. Luck, this new text is broad and engaging enough for undergraduates, sophisticated enough for graduates and lively enough for a wider audience interested in the key institutions of international public policy.
Looking at the antecedents of the UN Security Council, as well as the current issues and future challenges that it faces, this new book includes:
- historical perspectives
- the founding vision
- procedures and practices
- economic enforcement
- peace operations and military enforcement
- human security
- proliferation and WMD
- terrorism
- reform, adaptation and change.
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Foreword by the Series Editors
Preface
Section I: Context
1 Grading the Great Experiment
2 The Founding Vision
3 Defining the Council through Charter and Practice
Section II: Tools
4 Peace Operations
5 Military Enforcement
6 Economic Sanctions, Arms Embargoes, and Diplomatic Instruments
7 Enlisting and Empowering Partners
Section III: Challenges
8 The Humanitarian Imperative
9 Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction
10 Reform, Adaptation, and Evolution
11 Conclusion: Reflection and Projection
Appendix 1: Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council
Appendix 2: Size of UN Peacekeeping Forces
Bibliographical Essay
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the Series
Biography
Edward C. Luck