Regional Organizations and Peacemaking: Challengers to the UN?

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This book analyses the new and difficult roles of regional organizations in peacemaking after the end of the Cold War and how they relate to the United Nations (UN). Regional organizations have taken an increasingly prominent role in international efforts to deal with international security. The book highlights the complex interaction between the regional and sub-regional organizations, on the one hand, and their relations with the United Nations, on the other. Thus, the general issues of UN and its authority are scrutinized from legal, practical and geopolitical perspectives. Taking on a broad geographical focus on Africa, the Arab world and Europe, the book also provides an extensive range of case studies, with detailed analysis of particular situations, organizations and armed conflicts. The authors scrutinise the heterogeneous relationship between the different organizations as well as the challenges to them: political resources, legal standing, financial assets, capabilities and organizational set up. Moreover, they investigate whether regional organizations, as compared to the UN, are better suited to deal with today’s intra-state conflicts. The book also aims to dissect the evolution of these institutions historically – in relation to Chapter VIII of the UN Charter which mentions the resort to 'regional arrangements’ for conflict management – as well as more generally in relation to the principles of international law and UN principles of peacemaking. This book, written by a mixture of established scholars, diplomats and high-level policymakers, will be of great interest to students as well as practitioners in the field of peace and conflict studies, regional security, international organisations, conflict management and IR in general. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of contributors Foreword Preface List of abbreviations 1 The challenge of regional organizations: an introduction Part I The global level 2 International conflict resolution, UN and regional organizations: the balance sheet 3 Chapter VIII of the UN Charter: its revival and significance today 4 United Nations after the Cold War: power, regions and groups 5 Collective security in a changing geopolitical landscape 6 Trends in conflict management: multilateral intervention and the role of regional organizations Part II Regional challenges in Europe 7 On EU peacemaking: challenging or complementing the UN? 8 The EU as a regional organization: effective multilateralism in conflict management 9 From CSCE to OSCE: a Pan-European organization for conflict prevention and its relations to the United Nations Part III Empowering organizations in Africa 10 African regional organizations, peace operations and the UN: legitimacy and disengagement 11 ECOWAS and the AU in cooperation with the UN: the case of Côte d’Ivoire 12 The African Union Mission in Somalia: towards a new vision of regional peacekeeping? Part IV Arab organizations and the Arab Spring 13 The League of Arab States, UN and regional security: a historical note 14 The League of the Arab States, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab civil uprisings, 2011–13 15 Towards selective regionalization? The intervention in Libya and the emerging global order Part V Conclusions 16 The future relations of the UN and the regional organizations Appendix I: Charter of the United Nations – Chapter VIII: Regional arrangements Appendix II: Regional organizations for peace and security – an overview Appendix III: UN and regional arrangements since 1990 – doctrine, developments, current thinking Index