How has the United Nations dealt with the question of terrorism
before and after September 11? What does it mean that the UN itself
has become a target of terrorism? Terrorism and the UN analyzes how
the UN s role in dealing with terrorism has been shaped over the
years by the international system, and how events such as September
11 and the American intervention in Iraq have reoriented its
approach to terrorism. The first half of the book addresses the
international context. Chapters in this part consider the impact of
September 11 on the UN s concern for the rights and security of
states relative to those of individuals, as well as the changing
attitudes of various Western powers toward multilateral vs.
unilateral approaches to international problems.
The second half of the book focuses more closely on the UN, its
values, mechanisms, and history and its future role in preventing
and reacting to terrorism. The Security Council s position on and
reactions to terrorist activities are contrasted with the General
Assembly s approach to these issues. What role the UN might play in
suppressing the political economy of terrorism is considered. A
concluding chapter looks at broader, more proactive strategies for
addressing the root causes of terrorism, with an emphasis on social
justice as a key to conflict prevention, a primary concern of the
UN, particularly the General Assembly, before September 11.
Contributors are Jane Boulden, Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
(Georgetown University), Edward C. Luck (Columbia University), S.
Neil MacFarlane (University of Oxford), Rama Mani (Geneva Centre
for Security Policy), M. J. Peterson (University of Massachusetts,
Amherst), Nico Schrijver (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam), Monica
Serrano (Colegio de Mexico and University of Oxford), Thierry Tardy
(Geneva Centre for Security Policy), Karin von Hippel (King s
College, London), and Thomas G. Weiss."
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