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Legitimacy of Power
The Permanence of Five in the Security Council
By (author)
Dilip Sinha
Genres:
Politics & government, Political science & theory, International relations, Geopolitics, United Nations & UN agencies
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Synopsis
The Security Council, the all-powerful UN body for maintaining world peace, remains mired in its World War II origins. The victors, the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France, continue to control it with their permanent membership and the veto. Their confrontations emasculated the Council during the Cold War and their cooperation spawned questionable military actions thereafter.
The book traces the origins of international security cooperation and scrutinizes the moorings of the Security Council's powers in international law. It critiques the permanent five's manipulation of the Council to aggressively strengthen their global dominance and legitimise their exercise of power. Their doctrines and actions in countries like Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Libya have hindered the Council's evolution as a responsible body which has the trust of a globalising world.
This book is an essential read for practitioners and scholars to understand the Security Council and the failure to reform it. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"Dilip Sinha combines his rich experience in multilateral diplomacy with meticulous research to produce an outstanding work on the United Nations Security Council and its evolving role in international security." :Shyam Saran, India's Foreign Secretary (2004-2006) : The cover of The Legitimacy of Power is an apt reflection of the operations of the United Nations. Despite its increase in country memberships across the globe since its inception, the most powerful and important arm of the organization, i.e. the Security Council, has resisted numerical changes in its permanent memberships. Legitimacy of power should be an apt beginning for the legitimacy of change. : Betty E. King, US Ambassador to the UN in Geneva (2009-2013) ; An impressive work. Has historical detail, legal rigor as well as a nuanced awareness of the normative compulsions and practical politics driving this great institution. Sinha rightly warns us that a Security Council rendered unpredictable or unreliable by P-5 vagaries could affect its own credibility and ultimately the legitimacy of the UN itself. : Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary-General (2007-2012)