The UN Security Council: from the Cold War to the 21st century

Introduction / David M. Malone

Security Council decisions in perspective / Peter Wallensteen, Patrik Johansson

The humanitarian impulse / Thomas G. Weiss

Human rights / Joanna Weschler

Democratization / Gregory H. Fox

Tackling terrorism / Edward C. Luck

Conflict prevention / Elizabeth M. Cousens

Armed nonstate actors / Andrés Franco

The use of force / Adam Roberts

The authorization model : Resolution 678 and its effects / Frank Berman

Reforming sanctions / David Cortright, George A. Lopez

The Iraq Sanctions Committee / Peter van Walsum

The Angola Sanctions Committee / David J. R. Angell

Weapons of mass destruction : the Iraqi case / Pascal Teixeira da Silva

Virtual trusteeship / Simon Chesterman

Council working methods and procedure / Susan C. Hulton

The permanent and elected Council members / Kishore Mahbubani

The UN Secretary-General / Marrack Goulding

International tribunals and courts / Philippe Kirsch, John T. Holmes, Mora Johnson

Collaborating with regional organizations / Shepard Forman, Andrew Grene

Groups of Friends / Teresa Whitfield

Special Representatives of the Secretary-General / Connie Peck

Pressure for Security Council reform / Bardo Fassbender

The United States in the Security Council : a Faustian bargain? / Frederick Rawski, Nathan Miller

Working with nongovernmental organizations / James A. Paul

The Middle East peace process / Bruce D. Jones

Namibia / Cedric Thornberry

El Salvador / Blanca Antonini

Mozambique / Aldo Ajello, Patrick Wittmann

Bosnia / Mats Berdal

Haiti / Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone

Rwanda / Howard Adelman, Astri Suhrke ; An insider's account / Colin Keating ; An African perspective / Ibrahim A. Gambari

Sierra Leone / John Hirsch

Kosovo / Paul Heinbecker

East Timor / Stewart Eldon ; A field perspective / Ian Martin

Ethiopia/Eritrea / Adekeye Adebajo

The Security Council and international law / Steven R. Ratner

The Security Council in the twenty-first century / Cameron R. Hume

Conclusion / David M. Malone

Appendixes : Security Council-mandated peace operations, 1945-2003

Multinational operations tasked and authorized by the UN, 1945-2003

Security Council-mandated sanctions regimes.