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Libya 2011: Exploring the Implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect'

Andrew R. Aubuchon - This article explores the role that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) played in the 2011 intervention in Libya. It examines the R2P legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in Libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly explain that... Keep Reading »
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Gender Equality in International Institutions: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward Gender Parity

Lyndsay B. Thompson - The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, for the first time in international law, recognized sexual violence in conflict as crimes against humanity and grave breaches of international law. Subsequently... Keep Reading »
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The Development Agenda After the Millenium Development Goals: Is the Post-2015 Agenda "Truly Transformative?"

Florence Lee - In 2014, the United Nations called for "a truly transformative agenda to follow the Millennium Development Goals." This study applies a critical qualitative discourse and textual analysis to examine the first priority of the agenda—to end extreme poverty and... Keep Reading »

U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Application of U.S. Africa Command Signals Africa's Increasing Strategic Importance

James DeTemple - The formation and expansion of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) signals the increasing strategic importance of Africa to U.S. security interests, especially in light of the 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on strategic relations. USAFRICOM is a U.S. geographic military... Keep Reading »
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To Intervene or Not to Intervene: The Role of Humanitarianism, U.N. Approval, and Economic Incentives in Determning NATO Military Intervention in Conflict

Megan Nissel - The North American Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded at the outset of the Cold War and served as a collective defense alliance of states in North America and Western Europe against the Soviet bloc. However, following the end of the Cold War and the collapse of... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword United Nations is tagged in the following 15 articles.

International Law
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Libya 2011: Exploring the Implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect'
By Andrew R. Aubuchon
This article explores the role that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) played in the 2011 intervention in Libya. It examines the R2P legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in Libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly... Read Article »
Libya United Nations International Law Responsibility To Protect R2P Humanitarian Intervention Human Rights NATO
International Institutions
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
Gender Equality in International Institutions: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward Gender Parity
By Lyndsay B. Thompson
The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, for the first time in international law, recognized sexual violence in conflict as crimes against humanity and grave breaches of international... Read Article »
International Institutions Feminism Women's Rights United Nations Gender Equality Gender Norms International Law
International Development
2016, Vol. 8 No. 03
The Development Agenda After the Millenium Development Goals: Is the Post-2015 Agenda "Truly Transformative?"
By Florence Lee
In 2014, the United Nations called for "a truly transformative agenda to follow the Millennium Development Goals." This study applies a critical qualitative discourse and textual analysis to examine the first priority of the agenda—to end... Read Article »
International Development Millenium Development Goals United Nations Human Rights Development Policy
Africa
2014, Vol. 8 No. 1
U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Application of U.S. Africa Command Signals Africa's Increasing Strategic Importance
By James DeTemple
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The formation and expansion of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) signals the increasing strategic importance of Africa to U.S. security interests, especially in light of the 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on strategic relations. USAFRICOM is... Read Article »
Sub-Saharan Africa Foreign Policy International Security AFRICOM Peacekeeping United Nations
International Relations
2014, Vol. 4 No. 2
To Intervene or Not to Intervene: The Role of Humanitarianism, U.N. Approval, and Economic Incentives in Determning NATO Military Intervention in Conflict
By Megan Nissel
Published by Clocks and Clouds
The North American Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded at the outset of the Cold War and served as a collective defense alliance of states in North America and Western Europe against the Soviet bloc. However, following the end of the Cold War... Read Article »
NATO Human Rights Foreign Intervention Humanitarianism United Nations Military Intervention
International Relations
2012, Vol. 4 No. 12
International Law Reconsidered: Is International Law Actually Law?
By Constantine J. Petallides
While in many cases it serves as a stabilizing factor in the international system, and can even be called a force for good, international law cannot be considered “law” when applied to states or state action. To be considered “... Read Article »
International Law International Relations Treaties United Nations Security Council Law
Climate Change
2012, Vol. 4 No. 02
Climate Change Negotiations in Montreal, Kyoto, and Copenhagen: Analyzing Negotiation Components and Techniques
By Sarina J. Spector
Climate change negotiations have been on the international stage for almost four decades. They have a complex history, and act as a comprehensive example of the many variables, obstacles, environments, and processes that can affect any international... Read Article »
Climate Change Diplomacy United Nations Conflict Negotiation Kyoto Montreal Copenhagen
Russia
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Disappearance and Death: The Fate of Chechen Human Rights Activists
By Kylie Poulin
The Republic of Chechnya in Russia’s North Caucasus region has drawn significant attention for being host to remarkable instability, thriving terrorism, and a staggering display of human rights violations over the past two decades, including... Read Article »
Chechnya Russia Human Rights Nationalism Separatism Ethnic Conflict United Nations Medvedev Putin
George W. Bush Presidency
2010, Vol. 2 No. 05
Colin Powell: Examining a Key Player in the Bush Administration
By Jessica M. Biedron
To understand an administration, you need to understand the key players. Through analyzing the Bush presidency, it is clear that the agenda was constructed and shaped by more than just one man. The President’s choice for executive cabinet... Read Article »
Colin Powell Iraq War Bush Administration United Nations Weapons Of Mass Destruction Security Council Secretary Of State Bush Cabinet Members Powell
International Law
2010, Vol. 3 No. 2
Judging Wars: The International Politics of Humanitarian Adjudication
By Eric C. Ip
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The past sixty years witnessed a global proliferation of international courts and tribunals of almost all sizes and purposes. Today, they play important roles in international governance by handing down decisions in compelling areas ranging from... Read Article »
International Law Human Rights International Criminal Court United Nations
International Arms Trade
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
The Burden of Disarmament: UN Peacekeeping Operations & Illicit Weapons
By Ali B. Al-Bayaa
It has become undeniable that illicit weaponry, specifically small arms and light weapons pose an unprecedented global security threat. In fact it may almost be acceptable to say that with the turn of the 21st century, we witness a world which is... Read Article »
International Arms Trade Disarmament United Nations UN Peacekeeping Diplomacy Weapons Arms Trade Treaty
Sudan
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
The Positive Impact of African Union Forces in Darfur
By Boris S. Nikitin
After the wave of liberalization of many African states in the late twentieth-century, the world has seen a rise in the amount of international and internal conflicts that have taken thousands of human lives. Ethnic tensions and economic hardships... Read Article »
Darfur African Union Sudan United Nations NATO Genocide Sudan Civil War
International Justice
2009, Vol. 3 No. 1
Withdrawing the Case of Uganda from the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
By Sebastien Malo
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The trend from international armed conflicts toward internal insurgencies has altered our common understandings of classical strategic wisdom. While traditionally under the politics of imperialism, wars were settled with the winning state’... Read Article »
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa International Law Human Rights International Criminal Court United Nations Alternative Justice
United Nations
2008, Vol. 1 No. 2
Fixing International Security: Reforming the Security Council
By Andrew Kao
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The United Nations Security Council is the most important organ in the United Nations, charged with determining “the existence of any threat to peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression” and to “maintain or restore international... Read Article »
United Nations Security Council International Security International Governance
International Organizations
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 1
The United Nations at 50 - Dead or Alive?
By Malcolm Harper
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
When we commemorated the United Nations’ 50th anniversary last year, we all asked the question – what has the UN achieved and is it a living or a largely moribund organisation, buried by the bureaucracy and corruption which the media... Read Article »
United Nations International Organizations

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