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"A Threat to One Is a Threat to All:" Nonstate Actors, Collective Security, and the Reform of the UN

Nirupam Sen, Nancy E. Soderberg, Bruce Jones, Robert O. Keohane, Paige Arthur

12/13/05

In this roundtable discussion, eminent authorities discuss the ethics of collective security. What constitutes a "global threat" from a nonstate actor, and who gets to define it? How might we reform international institutions to meet such threats?

Roundtable: "A Threat to One Is a Threat to All": Nonstate Threats and Collective Security

Bio-Security, Nonstate Actors, and the Need for Global Cooperation [Full Text]

Bruce Jones

07/28/06

Today, there is no greater threat posed by nonstate actors than that of bioterrorism.

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The UN Charter and the Neoconservative Challenge

Tom J. Farer

12/13/05

Preventive war and democracy promotion are the two main prongs of the neocon challenge to traditional UN norms governing the use of force. Farer criticizes the neocon project and offers suggestions for shoring up the UN Charter in the face of new global threats.