Inauspicious beginnings [[electronic resource] ] : principal powers and international security institutions after the Cold War, 1989-1999 / / edited by Onnig Beylerian and Jacques Lévesque

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824589403321
• Autore: Beylerian Onnig
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-282-86156-5; 9786612861567; 0-7735-7154-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Collana: Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies
• Altri autori (Persone): BeylerianOnnig <1947->; LévesqueJacques
• Disciplina: 327/.09/049
• Soggetti: Security, International; Balance of power; World politics - 1989-; World politics - 1995-2005; Sécurité internationale; Équilibre des puissances; Politique mondiale - 1989-
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Security Institutions after the Cold War""; ""1 Contradictory or Complementary? Defensive Realism, Structural Liberalism, and American Policy towards International Security Institutions""; ""2 Failing to Join the West: Russian Institutional Security Strategy during the Yeltsin Years""; ""3 France: International Security Institutions as an Alternative to Power Politics""; ""4 Becoming a ""Normal"" Actor in World Affairs: German Foreign Policy and International Security Institutions since Unification""; ""5 Refusing to Play by the Rules? Japan's ""Pacifist"" Identity, Alliance Politics, and Security Institutions""""6 The Institutional Security Policy Reorientation of China""; ""7 Looking for New Voice Opportunities: Canada and International Security Institutions after the Cold War""; ""Conclusion: Minimalism and Self-interest: Comparing Principal-Power ; Performance in Security Institutions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""NAMES""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""""SUBJECTS""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors detail how the Bush and Clinton administrations relied on catering to allies and building large coalitions to deal with major international security challenges, while other principal powers were either pre-occupied with their domestic problems or deferred to the United States. As a consequence, on the eve of 11 September 2001 the United Nations Security Council remained an older, outmoded power configuration incapable of responding efficiently to the with novel challenges besetting it. Its relevance has been further questioned by the unilateral occupation of Iraq by the United States.