write an essay on collective security of UNO
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Collective security can be defined as an order anchored on a preponderance of power rather than a balance of power among states, capable of managing and defending security challenges for the mutual gain of the parties to it. (Bull 1995, p231).
Collective security has been on the front burner of debate over the years. The argument has been oriented on the extent to which collective security can be ascribed as a viable tool for global peace and security; it does seem to me that there is no hard and fast response to this giving the complexities in global formation especially in the 21st century.
It is however disturbing when the ability of states in solely tackling contemporary issues on terrorism, climate change and security is evaluated, as it has become apparent that no Nation can survive in isolation. Therefore central to this essay is the fact that a collective action on security is more capable of delivering a peaceful international system, nonetheless domestic action remains a pre-condition for an ideal collective network hence the reason for concern.
The much desired near perfect violent free international system cannot exist in vacuum, therefore the need to rethink collective security along policy and structural line is timely and appropriate. An all inclusive and positive collective action is attainable where domestic network is canvassed and linked to International Institutions which have the legitimacy to act.
The actions or inaction of an international organization, in a collective security web as in the case of United Nations in recent years is a shadow of the political milieus in conflict management in post war era; hence the debate in collective security and the resultant search for what best describes a viable security arrangement. However I find very instructive the assertion of Inis Claude on the ideals of collective security when he pointed out that:
The scheme is collective in the fullest sense; it purports to provide security for all states, by the action of all states, against all states which might challenge the existing order by the arbitrary unleashing of their power….Ideal collective security …..Offer(s) the certainty, backed by legal obligation, that any aggressor would be confronted with collective sanctions (1962, 110-168)
This clearly illustrates that ideal collective arrangement, irrespective of its institutional form, should be devoid of power politics and rivalry. Rather it should entail a viable degree of unanimity of interest among member states.
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Collective security has been on the front burner of debate over the years. The argument has been oriented on the extent to which collective security can be ascribed as a viable tool for global peace and security; it does seem to me that there is no hard and fast response to this giving the complexities in global formation especially in the 21st century.
It is however disturbing when the ability of states in solely tackling contemporary issues on terrorism, climate change and security is evaluated, as it has become apparent that no Nation can survive in isolation. Therefore central to this essay is the fact that a collective action on security is more capable of delivering a peaceful international system, nonetheless domestic action remains a pre-condition for an ideal collective network hence the reason for concern.
The much desired near perfect violent free international system cannot exist in vacuum, therefore the need to rethink collective security along policy and structural line is timely and appropriate. An all inclusive and positive collective action is attainable where domestic network is canvassed and linked to International Institutions which have the legitimacy to act.
The actions or inaction of an international organization, in a collective security web as in the case of United Nations in recent years is a shadow of the political milieus in conflict management in post war era; hence the debate in collective security and the resultant search for what best describes a viable security arrangement. However I find very instructive the assertion of Inis Claude on the ideals of collective security when he pointed out that:
The scheme is collective in the fullest sense; it purports to provide security for all states, by the action of all states, against all states which might challenge the existing order by the arbitrary unleashing of their power….Ideal collective security …..Offer(s) the certainty, backed by legal obligation, that any aggressor would be confronted with collective sanctions (1962, 110-168)
This clearly illustrates that ideal collective arrangement, irrespective of its institutional form, should be devoid of power politics and rivalry. Rather it should entail a viable degree of unanimity of interest among member states.
Hope this will help you.. ✌
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