Reforming International Institutions to Promote International Peace and Security James D. Fearon Department of Political Science Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6044 Prepared for the International Task Force on Global Public Goods First version: 18 September 2004 This version: 6 January 2005 Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 The main threats to international peace and security in the coming decades 2 3 Why unilateral national strategies will not be sufficient to counter these threats 4 4 Problems with current arrangements and possible solutions 6 4.1 Authorizing the use of force .............................. 6 4.1.1 The central dilemma .............................. 6 4.1.2 If we could start from scratch ... ........................ 8 4.1.3 Three scenarios ................................ 21 4.2 Effective international monitoring and control of WMD ................. 32 4.2.1 Immediate measures .............................. 33 4.2.2 The longer run problem with the NPT regime ................. 37 4.3 Information sharing for global police work against terrorist organizations ....... 39 4.4 Ending civil wars and reconstructing collapsed states ................. 42 4.5 Redrawing international boundaries within a framework of international law ..... 46 4.6 Promotion of effective, responsible, and democratic governments ........... 48 1