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Efforts by UN members and UN officials to improve UN peacekeeping operations are detailed. In 2001-2002, attempts were made to enhance cooperation between Security Council members and countries that contribute troops to peacekeeping missions. The council passed a resolution creating mechanisms for coordination among council members and troop-contributing countries. The US, Britain, China, and Russia opposed attempts to create "institutionalized" dialogue between the council and troop-contributing countries. A compromise was reached whereby meetings would be held between council representatives and troop-contributing countries "as often as necessary." A separate proposal by Russia called for the revival of the council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). The MSC consists of military professionals who are supposed to advise the council. Russia argued that using the MSC would allow the council to improve peacekeeping missions by assessing peacekeepers' capabilities and the situation in conflict zones. The US and Britain have blocked the Russian initiative.

Over the last decade, asymmetric warfare and terrorism have become prevalent threats to the United States. National security, today more than at any other time, demands decision-making under uncertainty. The issues presented in this book demonstrate that the value of planning lies in how well we can prepare for a perpetually unpredictable future.||Each chapter examines pertinent management, leadership, and accountability issues related to U.S. national security and places readers at the center of difficult decisions. Although the cases collected in this volume revolve around national security

International Peacekeeping is devoted to reporting upon and analyzing international peacekeeping with an emphasis upon legal and policy issues, but is not limited to these issues. It is recognized that in today's world there is a wealth of information available from the internet and through other sources. It is therefore the goal of this Yearbook to make this information available in one publication which both organizes and records events over the course of a year through analytical articles, a chronicle, primary documents, and a bibliography. Topics include inter alia peacekeeping, peace, war, conflict resolution, diplomacy, international law, international security, humanitarian relief, humanitarian law, and terrorism. The Yearbook is of scholarly quality but is not narrowly theoretical. It provides the interested public -- diplomats, civil servants, politicians, the military, academics, journalists, NGO employees, and serious citizens -- with a document of record, comment, and a starting point for further research on peacekeeping and related topics. This is achieved not only by the provision of 'basic documents' (on CD ROM), such as Security Council Resolutions and Reports of the UN Secretary- General, but also by expert commentaries on world events. Peacekeeping is treated in a pragmatic light, seen as a form of international military cooperation for the preservation or restoration of international peace and security. Attention is focused not only on UN peacekeeping operations, but other missions as well. This Yearbook is the continuation of the journal International Peacekeeping

This study, available for the first time in paperback, explores the normative dimension of the evolving role of the United Nations in peace and security and, ultimately, in governance. What is dealt with here is both the UN's changing raison d'être and the wider normative context within which the organisation is located. The study looks at the UN through the window of one of its most contentious, yet least understood, practices: active involvement in intra-state conflicts as epitomised by UN peacekeeping.

An interview with Brigadier-General Anders Brannstrom, Swedish Brigadier General commanding Multinational Bridge (MNB) Centre in Kosovo within the NATO-led KFOR mission, concerned benefits and challenges of soldiers from Partner nations working with NATO peers in complex peace support operations and issues related to the effectiveness of the mission in Kosovo.