Which Coalition for Cooperative Security?

Abstract

On the 24th of October 1995, the United Nations (UN) will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Its initial aim of saving 'succeeding generations from the scourge of war' has still has not been attained. The Charter envisioned the combination of the nations' efforts to accomplish their goals, and indeed many types of coalitions, under the UN auspices or not, have been tried to promote international security. This paper argues that it is now time to put into practice all the provisions made in the UN Charter in order 'to unite THEIR strength to maintain international peace and security'. Two reasons are advanced for such a bold move. First, not only does the changing strategic environment offer possibility for change, but the new environment requires such unity to deal with the new problems. And second, among the numerous collective arrangements that have been experienced since the creation of the UN, a UN command and control is the only structure which can produce synergy of political and military resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA283137

Entities

People

  • Pascal J. Vinchon

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Military Operations
  • National Politics
  • Nato
  • Political Science
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control