THE ARTISAN OF PEACE?
THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Paris: L’Harmattan, 2024
From the Russo-Ukrainian conflict to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis; from global pandemics to climate change; from nuclear tensions in East Asia to global power confrontations between China and the United States, the United Nations Organization is struggling on most international issues.
Nevertheless, this organization also remains a major repository of the noblest aspirations of mankind and its goal is almost alchemical: to bring peace to international relations that are often turbulent, if not anarchical.
Ineffective but indispensable, the United Nations Organization suffers from multiple institutional dysfunctions, yet it also offers hope to the world’s most vulnerable people as well as some degree of order to international relations.
What are the historical roots of this peculiar organization? Where do its structural weaknesses come from? And is there a credible alternative to the UN? This book anatomizes an organization that is as disappointing as it is vital.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Restoration
- Revolution
- Stabilization
- Socialization
- Universalization
- Security Council
- General Assembly
- Secretariat
- Economic and Social Council
- International Court of Justice
- Securitization
- Humanitarianism
- Development
- Democratization
- Criminalization
- Sovereignty
- Power
- Law
- Authority
- Leadership
Conclusion
Details
- Format: Paperback and E-Book
- Published: 2024
- Language: French
- Pages: 262
- Size: 155x240mm
- ISBN: 978-2-336-42389-0
- Dust Jacket Download: PDF
- Publisher’s Webpage: here