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The Theory And Practice Of Regional Organization Intervention In Civil Wars, Christopher J. Borgen
The Theory And Practice Of Regional Organization Intervention In Civil Wars, Christopher J. Borgen
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The United Nations' reach in peacekeeping is fast outdistancing its grasp. Spread across seventeen countries, the U.N.’s over 80,000 civilian and military personnel monitor cease-fires, protect aid convoys, and separate warring parties. As the U.N. extends its arms, financial resources seem to slip through its fingers like grains of sand. In short, the U.N. lacks the resources to continue increasing its peacekeeping responsibilities.
In An Agenda for Peace (Agenda), Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali proposes that part of the solution to the economic problems of the U.N. lies in reconsidering how regional organizations interact with the U.N., a suggestion which revisits a …
The Interstellar Relations Of The Federation: International Law And Star Trek: The Next Generation, Michael P. Scharf, Lawrence D. Roberts
The Interstellar Relations Of The Federation: International Law And Star Trek: The Next Generation, Michael P. Scharf, Lawrence D. Roberts
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A recent University of Toledo Law Review article concerning the legal issues
dealt with in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (STNG)
became an overnight national sensation. Given that, during its seven seasons of
first-run episodes; STNG had been the most popular syndicated series on
American television, it is perhaps not surprising that the article should engender
so much public attention. The article, written by law professors Paul Joseph and Sharon Carton of Nova Southeastern University Law School, was not intended as however. Rather, it was a serious examination of the way STNG United Federation of Planets dealt …