Collective security
Orakhelashvili, AlexanderAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Collective security is a concept often mentioned but not always well understood. This book provides an overview of the whole collective security system, encompassing the UN and regional organisations. It takes a bottom-up approach to analysing these institutions, their competencies and interactions, focusing on the relevant practice.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Collective security is a concept often mentioned but not always well understood. This book provides an overview of the whole collective security system, encompassing the UN and regional organisations. It takes a bottom-up approach to analysing these institutions, their competencies and interactions, focusing on the relevant practice.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Essence and definition of collective security -- Collective security institutions -- The regime of competence allocation -- The identification of a threat -- Responses to threats -- Self-defence and collective security -- Peace operations -- Legal consequences of illegal collective security acts and decisions -- Conclusion.
Security, International
International relations
National security
Law, Politics & Government
International Relations