The chief purpose of this thesis is to examine the reform process of the UN Security Council and highlight the obstacles and limitations of the various existing reform proposals. This research is conducted through the use of qualitative methods, namely desk research and field research. The qualitative …

The main question in this report -an advisory framework outlining the possibility of military intervention- is stated as follows: The Syrian crisis: is foreign military intervention the answer? The aim is to answer if, and when, could military intervention be an adequate and realistic answer. "What is …

This report examines the structural and decision-making processes of the United Nation's Security Council (hereafter referred to as UNSC) and their effects on peace-keeping and peace enforcement. The flaws of the Security Council are unraveled through analysis and description of some of the major conflicts …

The transition from the Organization for African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU) was a consequence of the changing peace and security agenda of the Pan-African organization. The African leaders desired a continental peace and security architecture, which would be capable of preventing, managing …

Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the interstate relationship before World War I until World War II. Chapter 2 treats the UN Security Council. The first part describes its formation, and composition. Part two describes the legitimacy of the permanent five. It explains why these UN member states …