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Past Imperfect, Future UNcertain

The United Nations at Fifty

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Ramesh Thakur

    1. Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ramesh Thakur
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Achievements and Shortcomings of the United Nations

    • Malcolm Templeton
    Pages 15-32

  4. Cooperating for Peace

    • Gareth Evans
    Pages 33-46

  5. The United Nations and the Mediation of International Disputes

    • Jacob Bercovitch
    Pages 47-62

  6. UN Peacekeeping: Cosmetic or Comprehensive?

    • Reginald H., F. Austin
    Pages 63-84

  7. A UN Agenda for Development: Reflections on the Social Question in the South

    • Jorge Heine
    Pages 85-92

  8. Peacekeeping in Africa: A New Zealand Defence Force Perspective

    • Tom O’Reilly
    Pages 93-111

  9. The UNTAC Military Component

    • John M. Sanderson
    Pages 112-134

  10. The Bosnia Experience

    • Michael Rose
    Pages 135-146

  11. Reforming the Security Council: A Japanese Perspective

    • Takahiro Shinyo
    Pages 147-162

  12. An Asian Perspective on the United Nations System

    • S. K. Singh
    Pages 163-175

  13. The Adaptation of the United Nations to a Turbulent World

    • James N. Rosenau
    Pages 176-188

  14. Reforming the United Nations

    • Keith Suter
    Pages 189-204

  15. Promoting Peacemaking and Peacekeeping: The Role and Perspective of the International Peace Academy

    • Olara A. Otunnu
    Pages 205-218

  16. Global Governance and the United Nations

    • A. J., R. Groom
    Pages 219-242

  17. Summary:A Mid-Life Crisis for the UN at Fifty

    • Bruce Brown
    Pages 243-262

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 263-275
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The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nations abdicated its moral duty as the custodian of our hopes for a better world? In this book, foreign ministers, generals, ambassadors, and scholars provide sober assessments of how the United Nations can meet the challenge of a balance between the desirable and the possible.

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  • Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia

    Ramesh Thakur

About the editor

RAMESH THAKUR is Head of the Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, at the Australian National University in Canberra. Born and raised in India, he received his formal education in India and Canada, and has held full-time academic appointments in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. He is the author or editor of numerous books on Asian politics and international relations and has published widely in both academic journals and quality newspapers.

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