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

This book shows that US interests have shaped institutions, but other states have also driven reforms without US support.

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

9781107661318, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 March 2012

362 pages, 1 b/w illus. 2 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg

'This volume provides a uniquely detailed and wide-ranging survey of international institutions and security cooperation since the end of the Cold War. It will become a standard point of reference in debates about the US and multilateralism in a changing world.' Kemal Dervis, Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution and former Executive Head of UNDP

Cooperating for Peace and Security attempts to understand - more than fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, seven years after 9/11, and in the aftermath of the failure of the United Nations (UN) reform initiative - the relationship between US security interests and the factors that drove the evolution of multilateral security arrangements from 1989 to the present. Chapters cover a range of topics - including the UN, US multilateral cooperation, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), nuclear nonproliferation, European and African security institutions, conflict mediation, counterterrorism initiatives, international justice and humanitarian cooperation - examining why certain changes have taken place and the factors that have driven them and evaluating whether they have led to a more effective international system and what this means for facing future challenges.

Part I. Framework: 1. Introduction: 'two worlds' of international security Bruce Jones and Shepard Forman
2. 'The mission determines the coalition': the United States and multilateral cooperation after 9/11 Stewart Patrick
3. UN transformation in an era of soft balancing Stephen John Stedman
Part II. Adapting Cold War Institutions: 4. An evolving UN Security Council David Malone
5. Too many institutions? European security cooperation after the Cold War Richard Gowan and Sara Batmanglich
6. Whither NATO? Mats Berdal and David Ucko
7. The evolution of nuclear non-proliferation institutions Christine Wing
8. 9/11, the 'war on terror' and the evolution of counter-terrorism institutions Eric Rosand and Sebastian von Einsiedel
9. Evolution and innovation: biological and chemical weapons Fiona Simpson
Part III. New Tools, New Mechanisms: 10. Normative evolution at the UN: impact on operational activities Ian Johnstone
11. Constructing sovereignty for security Barnett R. Rubin
12. New arrangements for peace negotiation Teresa Whitfield
13. International humanitarian cooperation: aiding war's victims in a shifting strategic environment Abby Stoddard
14. The evolution of regional and sub-regional collective security mechanisms in post-Cold War Africa Sarjoh Bah
15. International courts and tribunals Cesare Romano
Part IV. Conclusions: 16. Conclusion: international institutions and the problems of adaptation Richard Gowan and Bruce Jones.

Subject Areas: Law [L], United Nations & UN agencies [JPSN1], International relations [JPS]