New I.P.O. Publication: "The Use of Force in International Relations" -- August 2006

The International Progress Organization has published the proceedings of the international roundtable conference on the use of force in international relations. The revised and updated versions of the papers presented at last year's meeting at the University of Innsbruck are now available in a comprehensive volume of the series Studies in International Relations. The book can be ordered through the editorial office of the I.P.O. in Vienna: ipo@i-p-o.org, telefax: +43-1-5332962.

THE USE OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Challenges to Collective Security

Studies in International Relations, XXIX

Köchler, Hans (ed.)
237 pages, softcover
ISBN: 3-900704-23-6

International Progress Organization: Vienna, 2006

18,00 €

Contents:

Preface by the editor

I. Introduction

Hans Köchler: The Precarious Nature of International Law in the Absence of a Balance of Power

II. The Doctrine of Collective Security in the Changing Global Environment

	Alexander Siedschlag: International Non-Proliferation Policy and the United Nations Security System after 9/11 and Iraq
	Lyal S. Sunga: The Role of Humanitarian Intervention in International Peace and Security: Guarantee or Threat?

III. Collective Security as Interpreted and Applied by the Global Superpower

	Türkkaya Ataöv: Pax Americana: An Unfaltering Grand Strategy – Before, During and After the Cold War
	Anthony Carty: The Implosion of the Legal Subject and the Unraveling of the Law on the Use of Force: American Identity and New American Doctrines of Collective Security

IV. Regional Perspectives on the Use of Force

	C. Jayaraj: The Use of Force in International Relations and the Challenges to Collective Security: A View from the Developing World
	Zhongping Feng: Global Governance and the Use of Force in International Relations: A Chinese Perspective
	Honesto Cueva: The Unilateral Use of Force: A Perspective from the Philippines
	Wolfgang Palaver: Collective Security: The Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching

V. Appendix

	Executive Summary
	Bibliography
	United Nations documents

About the authors

Index

Glossary of acronyms