Lectures and Forums: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Spring 1994

UN Action in a Disorderly World

ith the demise of a bipolar world and the increase in small-state conflicts and civil wars, the United Nations has the opportunity to play an expanded role in peacekeeping, peacemaking, and enforcement. This opportunity was first seen in the UN's response to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq; but will such action set a precedent for future UN activities? Recent UN rhetoric has indicated a desire to play an even greater role in the management of world affairs, but will the UN's leading nations be willing to back up the grand gestures?

These questions and others were discussed at an Institute forum, "UN Action in a Disorderly World," on February 3, 1994. Forum participants were

• Joe Clark, the former Prime Minister and former Foreign Minister of Canada;
• Tom Farer, Professor of International Law at American University; and
• Ernst Haas, Robson Research Professor of Government at UC Berkeley's Department of Political Science.

See also The Changing United Nations Research Gallery.

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