Peacekeeping and Peacemaking Towards Effective Intervention in Post-Cold War Conflicts

The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations was commemorated in 1995 with a number of conferences and publications which assessed the history and contemporary role of this paramount international organisation. This book is the result of a meeting of scholars and specialists who wished to further understanding of the challenges faced by the United Nations in its efforts to intervene in post-cold war conflict. In particular the experiences in Bosnia, Somalia and in Rwanda, where UN peacekeepers seemed powerless to act in the face of acts of genocide, gross violations of human rights and the widespread suffering caused by war, makes such an analysis timely and important.

List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms Preface Introduction and Overview; Tom Woodhouse PART 1: CONTEXT: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND THE UNITED NATIONS Thinking Ethically about Peacemaking and Peacekeeping; Charles W.Kegley Jr Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention in post-Cold War Conflict; Oliver Ramsbotham & Tom Woodhouse The United Nations, International Security and the National Interest; Gene M.Lyons An Arms Control Regime for the 21st Century; Malcolm Dando PART 2: CASES: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UN IN RESPONDING TO CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT The Role of the United Nations in the Middle East; Amin Saikal The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia: the Restoration of Sovereignty; Carlyle A.Thayer Somalia: Lessons from the United Nations Experience; Samuel M.Makinda Europe and United Nations Peacekeeping; Josiane Tercinet PART 3: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION: AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES Australian Approaches to Arms Control Issues in the United Nations; Peter Furlonger Building Peace Through the United Nations; David Purnell Structuring the Australian Defence Force for United Nations Operations: Change and Resistance; Graeme Cheeseman Economic Sanctions, Australian Policy and United Nations Peace Enforcement; Richard Leaver CONCLUSION: Ensuring Peace: the Future of the United Nations; Gareth Evans Index

TOM WOODHOUSE is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. He is the editor of International Peacekeeping News. He has published widely in peace research and conflict resolution, including Peacemaking in a Troubled World and Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary Conflict.

ROBERT BRUCE is Associate Professor of Politics at the School of Social Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

MALCOLM DANDO is Professor of International Security in the Department of Peace, University of Bradford.