Cooperating for Peace and Security: Evolving Institutions and Arrangements in a Context of Changing U.S. Security Policy

by Edited by Bruce D. Jones , Shepard Forman , Richard Gowan

• ISBN13: 9780521889476
• ISBN10: 0521889472
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Cooperating for Peace and Security is a comprehensive survey of multilateral security cooperation since 1989. With essays by leading experts on topics from peacekeeping to nuclear security, it goes beyond theoretical discussions of the value of cooperation to show how the operational activities of international organizations meet the security needs of states. In particular, it explores the complex relationship between multilateralism and American security concerns. Covering the UN, NATO, and regional organizations, the authors show that U.S. interests have often shaped institutions. But, more strikingly, other states have also driven institutional change without U.S. support or even in the face of American opposition. This raises important questions about how the balance of power shapes international institutions. In a period of shifting power dynamics, the empirical evidence on security cooperation gathered in this volume is a unique resource for scholars and policy-makers concerned with the future of international institutions.

Author Biography

Bruce D. Jones is the Director of the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He directs Managing Global Insecurity, a joint project of Brookings and CIC on the global partnerships and international institutions needed to meet 21st-century challenges. Shepard Forman is Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Prior to founding the Center, he directed the Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs programs at the Ford Foundation. Richard Gowan is Research Associate and Associate Director for Policy at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. He works on peacekeeping, multilateral security arrangements, and human rights and is a Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Framework
Introduction: "Two Worlds" of International Security	p. 3
"The Mission Determines the Coalition": The United States and Multilateral Cooperation after 9/11	p. 20
UN Transformation in an Era of Soft Balancing	p. 45
Adapting Cold War Institutions
An Evolving UN Security Council	p. 59
Too Many Institutions? European Security Cooperation after the Cold War	p. 80
Whither NATO	p. 98
The Evolution of Nuclear Nonproliferation Institutions	p. 122
9/11, the War on Terror, and the Evolution of Multilateral Institutions	p. 143
Evolution and Innovation: Biological and Chemical Weapons	p. 166
New Tools, New Mechanisms
Normative Evolution at the UN: Impact on Operational Activities	p. 187
Constructing Sovereignty for Security	p. 215
New Arrangements for Peace Negotiation	p. 227
International Humanitarian Cooperation: Aiding War's Victims in a Shifting Strategic Environment	p. 247
The Evolution of Regional and Subregional Collective Security Mechanisms in Post-Cold War Africa	p. 269
International Courts and Tribunals	p. 291
Conclusions
Conclusion: International Institutions and the Problems of Adaptation	p. 311
Index	p. 321
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