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Volume 12, Number 2, June 2000
Contributors
Introduction: At the Cutting Edge of 'Global Governance' by Joseph Camilleri
The Great Powers and Genocide: Lessons from Rwanda by Edward A. Kolodziej
This article is divided into three sections. The first summarises the prevailing, if circumscribed, moral and legal consensus against genocide and outlines three lines of argument to broaden the foundation of this consensus. The second section briefly dissects the Rwandan genocide and identifies the principal political and strategic constraints explaining the failure of the United Nations and the great powers to address either the Rwandan crisis or genocide more widely since the formation of the United Nations. On the basis of this diagnosis of why moral and legal prohibitions against genocide do not match the political and strategic incentives to end this practice, a final section proposes practical steps to bridge this gap to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations to create an effective anti-genocide regime.
Solidarism and After: Global Governance, International Society and the Normative 'Turn' in International Relations by Richard Shapcott
Shifts in the practices of global governance require rethinking of the constitutive norms of international society. In particular, challenges to the normative foundations of international society have arisen with the expansion of practices of international governance and a 'solidarist' turn in international society. These developments suggest the necessity of a pursuing a consensus on their legitimacy, which requires reflection on how to develop such a consensus among the members of international society and, beyond that, on whether this consensus should reflect not just interests of states but the values of their citizens as well. This paper also discusses the means whereby consensus and consent for the practices of global governance and a solidarist international society may be achieved, identifying recent thinking on the nature of good conversation and dialogical ethics as providing fruitful grounds from which this issue can be explored.
Russia and the Prospects for Building a Multilateral Security System in the Asia-Pacific by Alexander A. Sergounin
This paper discusses Russia's current and potential role in creating a multilateral security system in the Asia–Pacific. The article falls into four main parts: first, an analysis of Russian nuclear strategy in the region in the post-Cold-War period; second, a study of Russian conventional arms control and confidence-building initiatives; third, an examination of prospects for establishing a regional arms export control regime; finally, a characterisation of the institutional framework of the regional security dialogue and Russia's policies in the regional security forums. The paper concludes that Russia has both the intention and the capability to contribute to the building of a new, cooperative security architecture in the Asia–Pacific.
Communication: Building a Triad: India's Draft Nuclear Doctrine by Amit Gupta
In August 1999 India announced a draft nuclear doctrine to give the international community some idea of the proposed force structure that it sought to develop in coming years. What type of force structure does this doctrine envisage? What are the implications for regional and global security? To what extent will India be able to develop the nuclear weapons capability it desires? These are some of the questions that this article seeks to answer.
Review Article: Containment or Engagement: America's Choice by James Morris
Book Reviews