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International organisations and peace enforcement, the politics of international legitimacy, Katharina P. Coleman

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International organisations and peace enforcement, the politics of international legitimacy, Katharina P. Coleman

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eng

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non fiction

Main title

International organisations and peace enforcement

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Katharina P. Coleman

Sub title

the politics of international legitimacy

Summary

What distinguishes a peace enforcement operation from an invasion? This question has been asked with particular vehemence since the US intervention in Iraq, but it faces all military operations seeking to impose peace in countries torn by civil war. This book highlights the critical role of international organisations (IOs) as gatekeepers to international legitimacy for modern peace enforcement operations. The author analyses five operations launched through four IOs: the ECOWAS intervention in Liberia, the SADC operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho, the NATO Kosovo campaign and the UN intervention in East Timor. In all these campaigns, lead states sought IO mandates primarily to establish the international legitimacy of their interventions. The evidence suggests that international relations are structured by commonly accepted rules, that both democratic and authoritarian states care about the international legitimacy of their actions, and that IOs have a key function in world politics

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- States, international organisations, and legitimacy : a theoretical framework -- Peace enforcement through sub-regional organisations : the Economic Community of West African States and Operation Liberty in Liberia -- Peace enforcement through sub-regional organisations : the Southern African Development Community and Operation Sovereign Legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Peace enforcement through sub-regional organisations : the Southern African Development Community and Operation Boleas in Lesotho -- Peace enforcement through a military alliance : the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Operation Allied Force in Kosovo -- Peace enforcement through a global organisation : the United Nations and INTERFET in East Timor -- Conclusion : Epilogue : UN intervention in Lebanon

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International Organisations & Peace Enforcement

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