International Organizations

Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in East Timor
James DeShaw Rae

Did the United Nations successfully help to build a just, peaceful state and society in postconflict East Timor? Has transitional justice satisfied local demands for accountability and/or    More >

Ralph Bunche: The Man and His Times
Benjamin Rivlin, editor

Illuminating the many facets of his career and exploring his extraordinary legacy, a distinguished group of authors examine Nobel peace laureate Ralph Bunche's ideas and activities    More >

The Change Imperative: Creating the Next Generation NGO
Paul David Ronalds

Paul David Ronalds draws on his experience as deputy CEO of World Vision Australia to offer a practical guide for international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) as they face the    More >

The World Food Programme in Global Politics
Sandy Ross

How has the World Food Programme come to be so well-regarded—even in the US—despite being part of the much-maligned UN system? What are the political and institutional conditions    More >

NATO and the Middle East: In Search of a Strategy
Rolf Schwarz

Over the course of more than seven decades, NATO has sought, but not settled on, an effective strategy for interacting with its neighbors in the Middle East and North Africa. Rolf Schwarz    More >

International Law and Politics: Key Documents
Shirley V. Scott, editor

Unique in its breadth of coverage, this carefully designed collection presents the key documents of international law at the global level. The collection encompasses the full spectrum of    More >

Politics and Process at the United Nations: The Global Dance
Courtney B. Smith

How does the United Nations actually work? How does it reconcile the diverse interests of 191 sovereign member states—plus those of the multinational corporations that lobby it, the    More >

From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict
Chandra Lekha Sriram and Karin Wermester, editors

How can the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations, government donors, and other policymakers best apply the tools of conflict prevention to the wide range of intrastate    More >

The Wave of the Future: The United Nations and Naval Peacekeeping
Robert Stephens Staley II

Though the United Nations will face numerous challenges on the world's oceans in the next decades, it has not yet developed the capability to operate effectively in the areas of maritime    More >

Collective Security in a Changing World
Thomas G. Weiss, editor

This volume analyzes institutional mechanisms in the United Nations and in regional organizations that exist to deal with threats to the peace, and also examines what the U.S. response    More >

NGOs, the UN, and Global Governance
Thomas G. Weiss and Leon Gordenker, editors

A comprehensive exploration of the role of nongovernmental organizations in the international arena, this collection examines the full range of NGO relationships and actions. The authors    More >

The United Nations System: Toward International Justice
Nigel D. White

To what extent does the United Nations system work? This comprehensive survey of the world's most important family of international organizations examines the UN's structure and    More >

Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis
Sandra Whitworth

Sandra Whitworth looks behind the rhetoric to investigate from a feminist perspective some of the realities of military intervention under the UN flag. Whitworth contends that there is a    More >

The UN Association–USA: A Little Known History of Advocacy and Action
James Wurst

Little known outside a small community of insiders, the United Nations Association–USA has had an impact on both the UN and the US-UN relationship far greater than its size would    More >

The European Union and the Member States, 3rd Edition
Eleanor E. Zeff and Ellen B. Pirro, editors

Can the European Union survive repeated economic crises? If it survives, will it stay as it is or take on a new form? This new edition of The European Union and the Member States, fully    More >

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