UN Security Council Sanctions and Mediation in Libya

The UN Security Council, Indifference, and Genocide in Rwanda

Habyarimana of Rwanda had mysteriously crashed as it approached the Kigali airport. My first response was to study the photograph of the dead president; after closely covering his comings and goings for the past several months, it struck me as odd that the first time that I would see his face was in a newspaper article announcing his death. Then I felt frustration bordering on exasperation. As ...

Reforming the Working Methods of the UN Security Council

„ „ To„achieve„its„aims,„ACT„will„have„to„avoid„being„caught„up„in„the„stalled„debate„over„ Council„membership„reform.„The„group,„currently„dominated„by„small„states,„will„ also„need„new„partners„from„different„geographical„regions,„and„with„more„political„ weight.„Moreover,„if„ACT„wants„to„involve„the„permanent„members„of„the„Security„ Council,„it„may„have„to„limit„its„emphasis„on„the„role„of„...

UN Sanctions and the Prevention of Conflict

A Comparative Study of Security Council's Dual Standards toward Recent Developments in Libya and Bahrain

With international peace and security covering a broader concept and restriction of governments' authority, issues such as human rights have become intertwined with international peace and security and are no longer an internal issue of governments. It is such that international society may react toward it and make some decisions. What seems important is how Security Council deals with such iss...

supply and demand security of energy in central asia and the caucasus

امنیت انرژی به معنی عرضه مداوم و پایدار همراه با قیمت های معقول در حامل های انرژی، که تهدیدات امنیتی، سیاسی، اقتصادی، محیط زیستی و روانی را کاهش دهد. امروزه نفت و گاز تنها، کالای تجاری نیست بلکه بعنوان ابزار سیاسی مورد استفاده قرار می گیرد.اختلاف میان روسیه و اکراین بر سر انرژی در ژانویه 2006، تهدیدی برای امنیت انرژی اروپا ایجاد کرد. در این تحقیق ما تلاش کردیم که نقش انرژی آسیای میانه و قفقاز ر...