ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the circular connection between the development of global governance and the crisis now facing the organisation in relation to this key role. By examining the evolution of United Nations peacekeeping operations, along with the increasing emphasis placed on the application of norms associated with global governance. It argues that over time the increasing complexities of the international system in the post-Cold War era and the development of the concept of global governance have led to the organisation compromising its abilities to respond to crises on an international level. With the increasing volatility and unpredictability of a global security system in which the near-certainties of the Cold War had been replaced by a "violent peace", with conflicts continuing across most regions of the world' it was important for the UN to reassess its position and role within the international system.
