EAN: 9783319628578

THE UN AT WAR - JOHN KARLSRUD KARTONIERT (TB)

This book is a critical political and institutional reflection on UN peace operations. It
provides constructive suggestions as to how the UN and the international system can evolve to
remain relevant and tackle the peace and security challenges of the 21st century  without
abandoning the principles that the UN was founded upon and on which the legitimacy of UN peace
operations rests. The author analyses the evolving politics on UN peace operations of the five
veto powers of the UN Security Council  as well as major troop-contributing countries and
western powers. He investigates the move towards peace enforcement and counter-terrorism  and
what consequences this development may have for the UN. Karlsrud issues a challenge to
practitioners and politicians to make sure that the calls for reform are anchored in a desire
to improve the lives of people suffering in conflicts on the ground-and not spurred by
intra-organizational turf battles or solely the narrow self-interests of member states. Finally
he asks how the UN can adapt its practices to become more field- and people-centered  in line
with its core  primary commitments of protecting and serving people in need.

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