Crisis in Global Institutions? Multilateralism and International Security

This volume considers if there is a crisis in global institutions which address security challenges such as the use of force, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism. It explores the sources and manifestations of this challenge to multilateralism in the area of international peace and security, and envisages how multilateralism might be more viably constituted to cope with contemporary and future demands.Since multilateral institutions were established after the Second World War, many factors have threatened global multilateralism - US unilateralism and hegemony, weakening and failed states, the growing salience of non-state actors, and normative changes regarding human rights.As a result, the UN has been criticized for failing to cope with such international demands. The rules governing the use of force, embodied in the UN Charter, are arguably under threat and the principal arms control conventions are crumbling. It has also failed to provide a united front against terrorism or develop a workable framework for preventing and responding to civil war. Furthermore, the UN has been unable to address one of the most glaring challenges of humankind: egregious human rights abuses and genocide.A Crisis in Global Institutions? will be of great interest to readers in global governance, security studies, and politics and international relations.Newman, Edward is the author of 'Crisis in Global Institutions? Multilateralism and International Security', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415411653 and ISBN 0415411653.