Adapting the United Nations to a Post-Modern Era

W. ANDY KNIGHT is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is the Editor of the journal Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. Among his recent books are Beyond the State: A Critical Re-evaluation of Canadian 'Foreign Policy, (with D.Black and C.T.Sjolander) and A Changing United Nations: Multilateral Evolution and the Quest for Global Governance.

'[A] well-balanced and informed collection of essays on the work and institutional structure of the United Nations. The book is well organized, with a theoretical component exploring institutional change based on the experience of the United Nations in more than five decades since its founding. many of those contributing to the study have been part of the work of the United Nations...[This] combination of insights and theoretical framework provides a thoughtful and important analysis for both the academic and the practitioner.' - Charlotte Ku, Executive Director of the American Society of International Law '...a valuable source of critique, ideas and recommendations for change in the United Nations system...Its practical focus on the lessons that should be learned from recent United Nations activities makes it required reading for those involved or interested in the organization.' - Linda Reif, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

• List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Preface Foreword; J.Krasno PART I: CONCEPTUALIZING CHANGE IN THE UN Introduction: Adapting the United Nations; W.A. Knight Requirements of Multilateral Governance for Promoting Human Security in a Postmodern Era; R.A.Coate, W.A.Knight & A.I.Maximenko Learning in the UN: W.A.Knight PART II: ADAPTATIONS OF UN PRIMARY CONCEPTS AND INSTRUMENTS Collective Security: Changing Conceptions and Institutional Adaptation; E.M.Smith Possibilities for Preventative Diplomacy, Early Warning and Global Monitoring in the Post Cold War Era, or the Limits to Global Structural Change; M.G.Schechter The UN and Preventative Deployment in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; A.Williams Intervention and Peace-building in Somalia: Constraints and Possibilities; W.A.Knight & K.Gebemariam International Criminal Law Enforcement; J.Chopra PART III: CASES UN Fact-finding in a Postmodern World: Potential for Arms Limitations and Confidence Building; A.A.Latham Disarming Iraq? United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the Future of Multilateralism; C.Ankersen The Civilian Police Element in UN Peacekeeping: The Case of Haiti; J.Harston The Neutralization of Protracted Conflicts: The Case of UNTAC; S.Peou Pivots of Peace: UN Transnational Operations; D.R.Black The UN and NATO's War: the Fallout from Kosovo; T.Keating Improving the Capacity of the UN Human Rights System; D.L.Donoho Environmental Security: Finding the Balance; C.Tinker Changing the Global Trade Structure: from 'Harmonization' to a new 'Interface Principle'; G.R.Martin Rethinking Instead of Tinkering: an Ethical Consensus and General Lessons; W.A.Knight & J.Masciulli Index