TY - BOOK AU - Thakur,Ramesh Chandra TI - The united nations, peace and security: from collective security to the responsibility to protect SN - 9781316627723 (paperback) U1 - 341.72 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - CUP KW - Security, International KW - Pacific settlement of international disputes KW - Responsibility to protect (International law) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. Pacific settlement, collective security and international peacekeeping; 2. Peace operations and the UN-US relationship; 3. Human security and human rights; 4. International criminal justice; 5. International sanctions; 6. The nuclear threat; 7. International terrorism; 8. Kosovo 1999 and Iraq 2003 as unilateral interventions; 9. Afghanistan, Libya and Syria: UN-authorised interventions and non-intervention; 10. From humanitarian intervention to R2P: cosmetic or consequential?; 11. The development and evolution of R2P as international policy; 12. Reforming the United Nations; 13. The political role of the United Nations Secretary-General ER -