Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-334) and index.

Introduction -- Prior studies of international organizations: an ove rview -- Organization of the text -- International organizations: nuts and bolts -- Intergovernmental organizations -- UN Reform --The organiz ation of Islamic Conference -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Multina tional corporations -- Conclusion -- Mainstream approaches -- Realism - - Liberalism -- Critical approaches -- Marxism -- Feminism -- Internati onal security -- The United Nations -- Case study 1: The Persian Gulf c risis -- The Security Council and Iraq after the Gulf War -- Case study 2: Srebrenica 1995 -- Security Council and related reforms -- Conclusi on -- Regional security -- Post-World War II security alliances -- NATO : history, membership, and structure -- Case study 3: NATO expansion -- NATO today -- The Arab League -- Case study 4: Palestinian uprising 20 00 -- The Israeli-Palestinian crisis after September 11 -- Trade -- The history of international trade -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) - - Multinational corporations (MNCs) -- Case study 5: The U.S. Clean Air Act -- Challenges for the WTO -- Case study 6: Genetically modified fo ods and organisms -- Conclusion -- Development -- What is development? -- Debt -- The World Bank group -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF ) -- The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -- The UN Deve lopment Program (UNDP) -- Case study 7: The Mexican peso crisis -- Cont agion -- Case study 8: Indonesia -- Millennium development goals -- Con clusion -- The environment -- The tragedy of the commons -- Environment al problems -- The Stockholm conference (1972) -- The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) -- Efforts to protect biodiversity -- The V ienna convention of the protection of the ozone and the Montreal protoc ol (1985) -- The Rio Conference -- Case study 9: Global warming -- Glob al warming: a postscript -- Case study 10: Whaling -- Conclusion -- Soc ial and humanitarian issues -- Refugees -- Major human rights agreement s -- UN agencies and human rights -- Regional human rights accords and agencies -- NGOs and human rights -- Humanitarian intervention -- Case study 11: Rwanda -- Case study 12: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia -- Conclusion -- Global governance in 2025 -- A realist cut -- A liberal cut -- A Marxist cut -- A feminist cut -- C onclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations -- Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix C: Purpo ses of the International Monetary Fund -- Bibliography -- Index.