Beyond the National Interest: The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism in an Era of U.S. Primacy [Paperback]

Jean-Marc Coicaud (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1601270070 | ISBN-13: 978-1601270078 | Publication Date: November 13, 2007

Whatever happened to multilateral peacekeeping? This is the central question Jean-Marc Coicaud explores in this penetrating scholarly examination of the period of "robust" UN-mandated peacekeeping missions in humanitarian crises. The most notable peace operations during this period were undertaken by the three leading NATO powers - the United States foremost among them - in the immediate post Cold War era. Yet, as Coicaud explains, the international democratic solidarity that unified their multilateral action against a Soviet threat was stretched thin in the post Cold War era, which manifested an entirely new set of threats to international security - such as ethnic cleansing and failed states. The three leading Western powers were ill-equipped to handle them effectively in terms of the fundamental political theory and applied political philosophy that generally informed their traditional foreign policies. The book concludes with guidelines for more effective realization of international interests among the Western powers and an afterword on the book's lessons applied to Darfur.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Coicaud's experience at the UN and his dual intellectual roots in political theory and international relations have enabled him to produce a book of considerable value to both the policymaking and scholarly communities. Combining a wealth of empirical material with compelling analytic insight, Beyond the National Interest makes a major contribution to the literature." -Charles A. Kupchan, Georgetown University and Council on Foreign Relations, author of The End of the American Era"

About the Author

Jean-Marc Coicaud, a former senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, is the head of the United Nations University (UNU) office at UN headquarters in New York. Coicaud has been a visiting fellow at Harvard Law School and New York University's School of Law, and held appointments with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Parliament's Financial Committee, the Sorbonne, and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press (November 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601270070
• ISBN-13: 978-1601270078
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,614,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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