Revitalizing the United Nations : Making and Keeping the Peace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanninen, Tapio.

Contributor:

Torpey, John.

Series:

Global Institutions Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores whether the United Nations (UN) is relevant in resolving wars when the permanent members of the UN Security Council are directly or indirectly involved. It examines solutions to major wars by applying and testing the UN's vast experience in mediating and deploying peacekeeping, demilitarization, truce monitoring.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustration

List of Contributors

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Context of the Book

Chapter 1: Geohistorical Context of the Book: Can the United Nations Remain Relevant in the 2020s and Beyond?

Chapter 2: The Future of the United Nations and the Need for New UN Policies, Strategies and Diplomacy

Part II: Lessons Learned from UN Experience

Chapter 3: The Evolution of Peace Operations: Learning Lessons and Creating Norms

Chapter 4: The Future of UN Peacekeeping: From Practice to Policy

Chapter 5: "Holding the Centre": The Contribution of United Nations Peacekeeping Where There is "No Peace to Keep"

Chapter 6: Lessons Learned from the History of UN Efforts in Mediation of Smaller and Bigger Conflicts

Part III: The Conflict in Gaza/Israel/Palestine

Chapter 7: The Origins and Evolution of the Modern State of Israel

Chapter 8: History of UN Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Chapter 9: Pathway to Peace: The Two-State Solution in the Middle East

Chapter 10: Should the United Nations Administer Post-Conflict Gaza?: Establishing a UN Trusteeship in Gaza Would be a Mistake

Part IV: The Conflict in Ukraine

Chapter 11: Lessons in Peace and Justice from the Former Yugoslavia to Ukraine and Beyond

Chapter 12: The International Administration of Occupied Ukrainian Territory as a European and United Nations Diplomatic Option

Chapter 13: Competing Narratives about Ukraine and the Possibility of Dialogue and De-Escalation

Chapter 14: The Potential Role of the UN in Resolving the Conflict in Ukraine

Part V: The Uses of International Law in Resolving Major Wars.

Chapter 15: The Role of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court in Managing the Crisis in Palestine/Gaza and Ukraine

Chapter 16: The Russia-Ukraine War and the UN Charter Provisions for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes

Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-043996-9

1-003-56576-X

1-04-043999-3

9781003565765

OCLC:

1547066252