Thomas G. Weiss is a leading scholar in international relations and global governance. His work delves deeply into the functioning and reform of international organizations, particularly the United Nations. Through extensive research and writing, he seeks to uncover the shortcomings within global institutions and propose concrete solutions for their improvement. His analyses offer valuable insights for anyone interested in the future of international cooperation and peace.
The revised introduction to this classic text highlights significant global developments, including the election of António Guterres as the ninth Secretary-General. It examines the rise of "new nationalisms," illustrated by events like Trump’s presidency and Brexit, alongside the growing influence of non-state actors such as ISIS and various entities within the "third UN." This updated edition provides a contemporary lens on key political dynamics shaping the world today.
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations is an authoritative, one-volume treatment of sixty years of history of the United Nations written by distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. Citations and suggested readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to thehistory, politics, and law of the world organization. This Handbook includes a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges that it faces in the twenty-first century. This key reference work also contains appendices of the UN Charter, the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, and the Stature of the International Court of Justice.This volume is intended to shape the discipline of UN studies, and to establish itself as the essential point of reference for all those working on, in, or around the world organization. It is substantial in scope, containing contributions from over 40 leading scholars and practitioners--writingsometimes controversially, but always authoritatively--on the key topics and debates that define the institution.
This book explores global governance, examining how states and organizations manage international issues without a central authority. It highlights the gap between escalating global threats and inadequate political structures, advocating for strategic, long-term solutions to address these challenges. Thomas G. Weiss offers a cautiously optimistic perspective on improving global governance.
He is not shy about UN achievements and failures drawn from its ideas and
operations in its three substantive pillars of activities: international peace
and security; The selection of Antonio Guterres as the ninth UN secretary-
general should rekindle critical thinking about the potential for
international cooperation.
In this revised edition, Thomas Weiss examines the complexities of humanitarian intervention post-Cold War, addressing the failures in Syria while analyzing cases like Rwanda and Kosovo. He explores the political, ethical, and operational dimensions of the responsibility to protect, engaging with ongoing debates and future challenges in international humanitarian action.
Problems posed by Syria s chemical weapons attacks, Egypt s ouster of an elected government, and myriad other global dilemmas beg the question of whether and how the world can be governed. The challenge is addressing what former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Problems without Passports environmental, economic, humanitarian, and political crises that threaten stability, prosperity, and even human survival. Everything is globalized everything "except" politics, which remain imprisoned behind national borders. The world has changed, but our basic way of managing it has not. We pursue fitful, tactical, short-term, and local responses for actual or looming threats that require sustained, strategic, longer-run, and global actions. With clarity and passion, Thomas G. Weiss argues for a diversity of organizational arrangements some centralized, some decentralized and a plurality of problem-solving strategies some worldwide, some local. He proposes a three-pronged strategy: the expansion of the formidable amount of practical global governance that already exists, the harnessing of political and economic possibilities opened by the communications revolution, and the recommitment by states to a fundamental revamping of the United Nations."
Once celebrated as an answer to the myriad ills of the post-Cold War era,
global governance is now in trouble. Written by two of the leading scholars in
the field, Rethinking Global Governance provides an antidote to simplistic
usage and an authoritative yet readable attempt to grasp the governance of our
globe--past, present, and future--
A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force
to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor,
and Libya to Cote d'Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the
world's most notorious war zones.
In "Humanitarianism in the Contemporary Marketplace," Thomas G. Weiss explores the complexities of modern aid amidst global crises. He examines the intertwining of humanitarian efforts with for-profit enterprises, revealing how market dynamics affect access to resources and moral authority in a landscape shaped by conflict and economic pressures.
