Peace, Power, And The United Nations: A Security System For The Twentyfirst Century

by Joseph P Lorenz

Overview

In Peace, Power, and the United Nations: A Security System for the Twenty-first Century , a long-time practitioner in the field of international security presents a ground-breaking study of the applicability of the UN security system to contemporary power arrangements. Joseph Lorenz argues that today’s major threats to peace and stability — the re

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367297961
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph P. Lorenz is at the U.S. Institute for Peace.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Summary — Collective Security and Its Antecedents — Collective Security in the League of Nations Scheme — The UN Charter Approach to Managing Power — Collective Force Theory and National Power — Patterns for a UN Force: The Five-Power Talks of 1946 — Korea and the Limits of Voluntary Enforcement Action — Peacekeeping and Peaceful Settlement: Namibia and the Arab-Israeli Dispute — The Gulf War and Its Implications for an International Deterrent Force — Somalia and the Ambiguities of Peace Enforcement — Problems on the Path to an International Deterrent System — The Charter of the United Nations