A Critical Look at the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)

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　　联合国安全理事会(以下简称联合国安理会)是联合国的一个机构,创建伊始便具有维护国际和平与安全的首要责任,反映了 1945年时国际力量格局。该机构由五个常任理事国组成,即俄罗斯联邦、法国、美利坚合众国、中华人民共和国和英国。自成立以来,联合国安理会曾经进行过一次改革,但后来所有进一步的改革方案都失败了。鉴于时代发生了改变,新的发展塑造着当今世界,在维护国际和平与安全方面,面临着明显不同于以往的更加复杂的挑战。这主要是因为联合国安理会没有及时进行适应时代的改革。除此之外,其结构也不足以解决当前世界所面临的安全问题。因此,现在人们质疑,在不进行改革的前提下,联合国安理会能否能够或将继续发挥它的作用,获得世界范围内的尊重,从而有效地解决21世纪所面临的各项挑战。此外,这些年来,越来越多的批评和直接呼吁联合国安理会改革的声音也越来越多。联合国和安理会的成员国表达了它们对安理会的现存结构和工作方式的不满,并且表达了他们希望改革的愿望。因为联合国安理会是基于1945年的国际政治关系而建立的,即第二次世界大战之后的国际格局。因此,当联合国安理会宣称能够改变和改革时,其改革领域将根据这些对联合国安理会的...

【文章页数】：226 页

【学位级别】：博士

【文章目录】：
LISTS OF PICTORAL SYMBOLS, FIGURES AND MAP
    FIGURE 1. Pictorial Illustration of important symbols of the UNSC
    FIGURE 2. List of the UNSC Permanent Five Members (P5)
    FIGURE 3. List of the ten (10) current non-permanent members of the UNSC
    FIGURE 4. Map of the Nation States of the World
    FIGURE 5. List of all 193 member countries in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
中文摘要
ABSTRACT
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION: RESEARCH OUTLINE
    1.1 Background and Statement of the Problem
    1.2 Objectives and Purpose of the Study
    1.3 Problem Statements
    1.4 Limitations of the Study
    1.5 Methodology
        ⅰ Assumption
        ⅱ Hypotheses
        ⅲ Contribution to testing my hypotheses
    1.6 Research Method
    1.7 Literature Review
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: THE COMPOSITION OFINTEREST, ORDER, INFLUENCE AND POWER IN THE INTERNATIONALSYSTEM AND THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITYCOUNCIL (UNSC)
    2.1 Introduction: General Overview of the theoretical framework
    2.2 Definition of key Concepts
        ⅰ. What is a State?
        ⅱ.What determines a state being a small state?
        ⅲ. Understanding States Behaviors:Interest andMotivations36ⅲ. Power
        ⅴ. Influence
        ⅵ. The composition of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) of the current members
        vii. The Establishment of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) and the development of the concept of Peace
    2.3 Theory:Conceptualizing Nation States from the realism and liberalismperspective
        ⅰ. Liberalist Perspectives of Nation State
        ⅱ. Realist Perspectives of Nation State
        ⅲ. Analysis of the Theoretical framework
        ⅳ. Small Nation States
        ⅴ. National Interest
    2.4 Liberalism Paradigm; Analysis of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) and Small Nation States
        ⅰ. Liberalism Perspectives
    2.5 Liberalism Paradigm: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
        ⅰ. Analysis of the way the Liberalism Paradigm explains theestablishment of the United Nations Security (UNSC)
    2.6 Realist Paradigm: Analysis of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
        ⅰ. Analysis of the way the Realism Paradigm explains theestablishment of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
    2.7 Conclusion and Explanatory Analysis
CHAPTER 3:THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONSSECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) REFORM PROCESS
    3.1 Ideals:The beginning of the United Nations (UN) born from the failure of the Leagueof Nations (LON)
    3.2 The current situation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
    3.3 What is wrong with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC):catalyst forchange
    3.4 Are there limits to the power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?
    3.5 Conclusion
CHAPTER 4: PRESSURE FOR REFORM:REASONS/MOTIVATIONS FORTHE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) REFORM FROMSMALL NATION STATES PERSPECTIVE
    4.1 Arguments to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC): reasons forreform
        ⅰ The Razali Plan
        ⅱ High Level Panel Report
        ⅲ Small Five(S5)
        ⅳ Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
        ⅴ The group of Four (G4)
        ⅵ Uniting for Consensus (UFC)
        ⅶ The African Group (AU)
        ⅷ Other Proposals
    4.2 Issues relating to legitimacy and representativeness
    4.3 Procedural aspects relating to reform of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)
    4.4 Concrete proposals to reform the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)
    4.5 Flaws of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the reformproposals
    4.6 Conclusion
CHAPTER 5: AREAS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL(UNSC) TO BE REFORMED BASED ON SMALL NATION STATESPERSPECTIVE
    5.1 The reform of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) membership
    5.2 Including the size of the enlarged council;categories of membership
    5.3 The reform of the veto system
    5.4 The reform of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) working method
    5.5 The relationship between the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC)
    5.6 Democratic structure
    5.7 Possible Pathway to reform: How to actually reform the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) from Small Nation States perspective
    5.8 Conclusion
CHAPTER 6: SMALL NATION STATES:THE CONTENDERS ANDDISTRACTORS:ARE THEY UNITED FOR CONSENSUS FOR REFORM OFTHE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC)
    6.1 What role do small nation states play and power of influence in the United NationsSecurity Council (UNSC):strengths, Challenges the way forward for these small states atthe United Nations (UN)
    6.2 The impact of small nation states and its contenders through the discussion/debates onthe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform
    6.3 Is it possible for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to represent smallnation states national interest?
    6.4 Why so many think the time is right for the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) reform and is there really the prospect for reform (Is it in sight?)
    6.5 Practical: "Is it time/ is the time new": Problems and challenges in the reform of theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC)? Is reform really necessary, feasible andpractical?
    6.6 Conclusion
CHAPTER 7: FINDINGS and CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
REFERENCES
致谢
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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