National interest and international solidarity : particular and universal ethics in international life / edited by Jean-Marc Coicaud and Nicholas J. Wheeler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coicaud, Jean-Marc.

Wheeler, Nicholas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National interest.

International relations.

International cooperation--Case studies.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the end of the cold war, the 1990s witnessed an intense period of geopolitical upheaval. Humanitarian intervention became an important tool for powerful nations and international coalitions trying to alter the course of unstable countries plunged into chaos. The motivations for these interventions and their implementation have generated heated policy debates ever since. This book has its origins in the intellectual and political climate of that time. The contributors analyze the arguments and counterarguments used in the debates over humanitarian intervention, then extrapolate their findings to a broader international context. In short, the book assesses the extent to which national interest and internationalist considerations enter into the rationale for actors to get involved in international crises.

Contents:

Introduction: the changing ethics of power beyond borders / Jean-Marc Coicaud and Nicholas J. Wheeler

Solidarity versus security

India and Pakistan : from zero-sum to shared security / Samina Yasmeen

Sino

US relations : a nascent security regime? / Alan Collins

Assessing the logic of solidarity and national interest in great power interventionism

Cultures of solidarity and national interest : Russia's conflict management policies / Ekaterina Stepanova

International intervention in Central Asia : the triumph of geopolitics? / Parviz Mullojanov

Cultural constructions of solidarity : the US and the EU in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Mira Sucharov

Beyond geopolitics and solidarism : interpenetrated sovereignty, transnational conflict and the United States' "Plan Colombia" / Doug Stokes

Toward an ethics of human solidarity

An intersection of interests and value : US foreign policy toward Africa / Timothy W. Docking

Geopolitics and solidarity on the borders of Europe : the Yugoslav wars of succession / Alex J. Bellamy

Is East Timor an exception in the Southeast Asian landscape? / Geoffrey C. Gunn

Conclusion : making sense of national interest and international solidarity / Nicholas J. Wheeler and Jean-Marc Coicaud.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-25311-1

9786611253110

1-281-25309-X

1-281-25308-1

9786611253097

92-808-7116-1

OCLC:

519385455