Featuring an outstanding international line-up of contributors, this edited volume offers a timely examination of two of the most crucial and controversial issues in international relations, namely the evolution of particular concepts of multilateralism and whether international security institutions are the objects of state choice and/or consequential.
The book combines a variety of theoretical perspectives with detailed empirical examples. The subjects covered include:
- the development and contemporary application of the concept of multilateralism
- American foreign and security policy in the post 9/11 era (unilateralism vs. multilateralism)
- humanitarian intervention and liberal peace
- case studies of a variety of security institutions including the EU, UN and NATO
- a broad selection of geographical examples from North America, Europe and Asia
This book is a significant contribution to the contemporary debate on multilateralism and the effects of multilateral security institutions and will be of great interest to scholars of international relations and security studies.
This edited volume offers a timely examination of one of the most crucial and controversial questions in international relations, namely should states adopt a unilateral or multilateral approach to contemporary security challenges?
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| Notes on contributors |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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PART I Multilateralism and security: concepts, issues and strategies |
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State power and international institutions: America and the logic of economic and security multilateralism |
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Unipolar empire and principled multilateralism as strategies for international change |
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US military commitments: multilateralism and treaties |
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The crisis of the transatlantic security community |
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State attributes and system properties: security multilateralism in central Asia, southeast Asia, the Atlantic and Europe |
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Is multilateralism bad for humanitarianism? |
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Horizontal and vertical multilateralism and the liberal peace |
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PART II Assessing multilateral security institutions |
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Transatlantic relations, multilateralism and the transformation of NATO |
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Persuasion and norm promotion: international institutions in the western Balkans |
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From ``perverse'' to ``promising'' institutionalism? NATO, EU and the Greek-Turkish conflict |
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Evaluating multilateral interventions in civil wars: a comparison of UN and non-UN peace operations |
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Why no UN Security Council reform? Lessons for and from institutionalist theory |
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The reform and efficiency of the UN Security Council: a veto players analysis |
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| References |
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| Index |
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Dimitris Bourantonis is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Athens University of Economics and Business. His previous books include The History and Politics of UN Security Council Reform (Routledge, 2006) and The UNs Role in Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations, (Dartmouth, 1993).
Kostas Ifantis is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Athens, Greece. His books include Turkish-Greek Relations: The Security Dilemma in the Aegean, (Routledge, 2004); International Security Today, (SAM, 2006).
Panayotis Tsakonas is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of the Aegean, Rhodes. His books include A Breakthrough in Greek-Turkish Relations? Understanding Greeces Socialization Strategy, (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007)
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