Channels of Power

by Thompson, Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780801476372
• ISBN10: 0801476372
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

Author Biography

Alexander Thompson is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Power of International Organizations	p. 1
IOs and Information Transmission	p. 4
Statecraft and 10s	p. 7
The United Nations and the Legitimation of Force	p. 10
Case Selection and Outline	p. 12
Coercion, Institutions, and Information	p. 16
The Politics and Costs of Coercion	p. 18
Institutions and Information	p. 21
Coercion through IOs	p. 24
Two Pathways of Information Transmission	p. 27
Institutional Variation and the Security Council	p. 33
Alternative Arguments	p. 39
Observable Implications and Research Design	p. 43
The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990-1991	p. 46
Background and Events	p. 48
Choosing (How) to Intervene	p. 51
Signaling Intentions to State Leaders	p. 56
Transmitting Policy information to Foreign Publics	p. 66
Assessing the Role of Legitimacy	p. 78
Coercive Disarmament: The Interwar Years	p. 86
Channeling Power between the Wars	p. 89
The Postwar Honeymoon	p. 96
Cracks in the Coalition	p. 101
The Decline of UN inspections	p. 107
Desert Fox and Its Aftermath	p. 116
The Evolution of U.S. Coercive Strategy	p. 124
Reviving Inspections: A Divided Council	p. 127
The Second Iraq War: Down the UN Path, 2002-2003	p. 133
From September 11 to Iraq	p. 135
Appealing to the General Assembly	p. 137
Back to the Council: Resolution 1441	p. 140
Renewed Inspections	p. 143
A Second Resolution?	p. 149
Explaining U.S. Motivations	p. 154
The Second Iraq War: Bypassing the Security Council	p. 163
Was it a "Unilateral" Policy?	p. 165
The Costs of Working through the UN	p. 168
Sensitivity to IO Constraints	p. 172
Regional Options: Constrained Forum Shopping	p. 179
International Reactions to Iraq 2003	p. 180
The International Political Costs of the War	p. 195
Conclusion: How the Security Council Matters	p. 204
Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy	p. 206
Beyond the Superpower	p. 208
The Security Council as a Political Institution	p. 210
Appendix: Selected Security Council Resolutions	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 255
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