Collective Security & Supranationalism

Collective Security

Security of the group ensured by collaborating to prevent aggression

Conditions of UN Peacekeeping

Stand between sides with ceasefire agreement, requires acceptance by conflicting parties, can only fire in self-defense

Peacemaking

Military intervention to restore peace, involves conflicting goals on peace/stability, includes supporting governance, mediation, training, and rebuilding societies

Multinational Member Force

Force composed of members' armies, organized by the UN for peacekeeping

African Union

Union of 55 African Nations aiming to enhance democracy, human rights, stablizing economy in Africa, and marking their place in the global arena

Supranationalism

Nations setting aside some sovereignty to form an organization, involves shared decision-making and collective defence

NATO

Alliance created in 1949 for collective defence against Soviet Union, now has collective defence for its members, and focuses on security threats like cyber hacking, terrorism, climate change, etc

Supra-nationalist Laws

Laws like Law of the Sea, Geneva Conventions, and WTO, judged by the International Court of Justice

Harmonization

Equal application of rules by international governmental organizations to different countries

NORAD

Northern Aerospace Defense Command ensuring secure skies over North America, formed during the Cold War

War on Terror

Imbalance of power, US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq post-9/11 without UN approval, human rights concerns