The UNU millennium series examines key international trends for peace, governance, human development, and the environment into the twenty-first century.

"UNUP-1054"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Ramesh Thakur -- 2. Security and governance in the new millennium : observations and syntheses / Edward Newman -- Security: 3. The Security Council in the 1990s : inconsistent, improvisational, indispensable? / David M. Malone -- 4. Intervention : trends and challenges / Chantal de Jonge Oudraat -- 5. Trends in military expenditure and arms transfers / Elisabeth Skons -- 6. "Alliances" and regional security developments : the role of regional arrangements in the United Nations' promotion of peace and stability / Brian Job -- 7. Weapons of mass destruction / Trevor Findlay -- 8. "New" and "non-traditional" security challenges / Paul Stares -- Governance: 9. Recasting global governance / Samuel Makinda -- 10. Democracy and regression / Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham -- 11. Civil society and global governance / Michael Edwards -- 12. The United Nations and human rights / David Forsythe -- 13. Gender and international society : law and policy / Christine Chinkin -- 14. Decentralized governance for human development / G. Shabbir Cheema and Mounir Tabet -- 15. Governing global public good in a multi-actor world : the role of the United Nations / Inge Kaul.