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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449857003321

Titolo

Terrorism and the UN [[electronic resource] ] : before and after September 11 / / edited by Jane Boulden and Thomas G. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786612071461

1-282-07146-7

0-253-11098-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BouldenJane <1962->

WeissThomas George

Disciplina

345/.02

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

World politics - 1995-2005

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Whither terrorism and the United Nations? / Jane Boulden and Thomas G. Weiss -- Charter values and the response to terrorism / S. Neil MacFarlane -- September 11 and challenges to international law / Nico Schrijver -- The U.S., counterterrorism, and the prospects for a multilateral alternative / Edward C. Luck -- Improving the international response to the transnational terrorist threat / Karin von Hippel -- The inherent difficulties of interinstitutional cooperation in fighting terrorism / Thierry Tardy -- The role of the Security Council / Chantal de Jonge Oudraat -- Using the General Assembly / M.J. Peterson -- The political economy of terrorism / Monica Serrano -- The root causes of terrorism and conflict prevention / Rama Mani.

Sommario/riassunto

How has the United Nations dealt with the question of terrorism before                and after September 11? What does it mean that the UN itself has become a target of                terrorism? Terrorism and the UN analyzes how the UN's role in dealing with terrorism                has been shaped over the years by the international system, and how events such as                September 11 and the American intervention in Iraq have reoriented its



approach to                terrorism. The first half of the book addresses the international context. Chapters                in this part cons