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The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era (Paperback)
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The United Nations faced unprecedented opportunities and heightened
expectations when the Cold War ended in 1990. By the time of the
UN's fiftieth anniversary in 1995, the mood had shifted.
Peacekeepers were bogged down in Bosnia and Somalia. Iraq continued
to test the UN's resolve to enforce arms control inspections. In
much of the world, the gap between haves and have-nots was
increasing. Everyone agreed that UN reform was needed, yet the
political will to effect change was absent. With unmet challenges
throughout the world, the limits to UN power and effectiveness were
being realized. From regional conflicts to areas of environmental
degradation and human rights abuses, the UN's success depends more
than ever on the way in which three dilemmas are resolved-the
tensions between sovereignty and the reality of its erosion,
between demands for global governance and the weakness of UN
institutions (as well as the reluctance of states to commit), and
between the need for leadership and the diffusion of power. In this
second edition, the authors have undertaken major revisions along
with thorough updating. They explore the three dilemmas in the
context of the UN's evolving role in world politics, including its
experience in maintaining peace and promoting development,
environmental sustainability, and human rights-the focus of an
entirely new chapter. They also consider the role of various actors
in the UN system, from major powers (especially the United States),
small and middle powers, coalitions, and nongovernmental
organizations to the secretaries-general. The need for
institutional reforms and specific proposals for reform are
examined. Because multilateral diplomacy is now the norm rather
than the exception in world politics, the UN's effectiveness has
been challenged by the new demands of the post-Cold War era. This
completely revised and updated text places the UN at the center of
a set of core dilemmas in world politics and provides a series of
case studies that probe the politics and processes of UN action.
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