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The EU, the UN and collective security

Making multilateralism effective

ed. by Joachim Krause ; Natalino Ronzitti

Buch

englisch

Krause, Joachim (Ed.) DNB
Ronzitti, Natalino (Ed.) DNB

Contemporary security studies

Routledge

Milton Park

2012

269 p.

978-0-415-74115-6

Includes bibliographical references and index

foreign relations
united nations - un
20th century
21st century
peacebuilding

Contents

Introduction: effectiveness of multilateralism in the field of collective security -- Part I. Theoretical approaches to and historical developments of global governance in the field of collective security: global governance in the field of collective security: how to make multilateralism more effective; effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the UN Security Council in the last 20 years: a European perspective; a US perspective -- Part II. The UN Security Council: the reform of the UN Security Council: the EU's contribution to the effectiveness of the UN Security Council between presence and impact -- Part III. UN peacekeeping: UN peacekeeping missions during the past two decades; options for improving EU-UN cooperation in the field of peacekeeping -- Part IV. International peacebuilding and state-building: international peacebuilding and state-building efforts; building peace in post-conflict environments: why and how the UN and the EU interact; constructing a framework of effective multilateralism -- Appendix 1. the UN Security Council reform process: recent developments -- Appendix 2. joint declaration on UN-EU cooperation in crisis management -- Appendix 3. joint statement on UN-EU cooperation in crisis management -- Appendix 4. major stages of the institutionalization of the UN-EU cooperation -- Appendix 5. contributions of European states to UN peacekeeping operations -- Appendix 6. EU autonomous operation in support of a UN peace operations -- Appendix 7. operations involving UN-EU cooperation since 2003.

Summary

This book examines the effectiveness of multilateralism in ensuring collective security and, in particular, the EU's role in this process. In 1992, shortly after the end of the Cold War, a Security Council Summit in New York reaffirmed the salience of the system of collective security and stated the determination of the Heads of State to maintain it as the prime international instrument for preserving peace. Twenty years later, however, the record of collective security as well as of multilateralism has not been very encouraging. The system of collective security, as enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, failed repeatedly to accomplish its mandate in the 1990s and has led to controversial debates in the United States and Europe that reached a climax during the Iraq crisis in 2002/03. The volume draws upon both theoretical and empirical research to answer the following core questions: What are the reasons that have made multilateralism either effective or ineffective in the field of peacekeeping, peace preservation and peacebuilding? How can multilateralism be made more effective? How can attempts made by Europe to render UN multilateralism in the security area more efficient be assessed? This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding/peacekeeping, EU policy, the UN, security studies and IR in general.

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