Utilitarianism and Empire / edited by Bart Schultz and Georgios Varouxakis.

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The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has opened up. Here, a dynamic group of leading diplomats, academics, and journalists combines forces with UN policymakers and leaders including current Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to explore how the international community can improve its practice in negotiating and implementing peace. They look at what works and what doesn't in UN peacemaking and peacekeeping, and then map out alternative futures for UN action in the 21st century.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. vii)
• Preface (p. ix)
• List of Abbreviations (p. xiii)
• Introduction: Discovering the Limits and Potential of Peacekeeping (p. 1)
• Part I Fifty Years of Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
• 1 Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century (p. 21)
• 2 Communal Conflict as a Challenge to International Organization: The Case of the Former Yugoslavia (p. 27)
• Part II Preventing Deadly Conflict
• 3 Preventive Action and Conflict Resolution (p. 61)
• 4 Preventive Diplomacy and Peacemaking: The UN Experience (p. 89)
• Part III Peacekeeping, Peace Enforcement, and the Use of Force
• 5 Under What Circumstances Should the UN Intervene Militarily in a "Domestic" Crisis? (p. 111)
• 6 Dabbling in War: The Dilemma of the Use of Force in United Nations Intervention (p. 145)
• 7 Challenges of the New Peacekeeping (p. 169)
• 8 Prospects for a Rapid Response Capability: A Dialogue (p. 189)
• Part IV Humanitarian Protection
• 9 Humanitarian Action and Peacekeeping (p. 203)
• 10 Humanitarian Responses to International Emergencies (p. 215)
• Part V Regional Dimensions
• 11 The Failed State and Political Collapse in Africa (p. 233)
• 12 The OAU Role in Conflict Management (p. 245)
• 13 The Contribution of Regional Organizations in Europe (p. 255)
• Part VI Peacebuilding
• 14 A Holistic Approach to Building Peace (p. 275)
• Conclusion: The Peace-and-Security Agenda of the United Nations: From a Crossroads into the New Century (p. 297)
• Index (p. 327)
• About the Contributors (p. 347)