The United Nations, Peace, and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect
In this book, Ramesh Thakur, Senior Vice-Rector at the United Nations University and Assistant Secretary-General for the United Nations, examines the transformation in UN operations, analyzing its changing role and structure. He considers when and how force may be used and argues that the growing gulf between legality and legitimacy is evidence of an eroded sense of international community. He considers the tension between the US, with its capacity to use force and project power, and the UN, as the center of the international law enforcement system. He asserts the central importance of the rule of law and of a rules-based order focused on the UN as the foundation of a civilized system of international relations.
Thakur, Ramesh, "The United Nations, Peace, and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect" (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
A JOINT PROGRAM OF
