ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the concept of 'distance' in order to capture the changes in the Security Council's exercise of authority and in the normative frameworks governing it. It also explores the historical path leading to the United Nations (UN) Council's practice by assessing the distance between the League of Nations' authority and domestic actors in the area of international peace and security. The book focuses on the notion of 'threats to the peace' as conceptual vehicle to connect the UN Security Council's Chapter VII authority with domestic actors. It analyses how such conceptual proximity has been translated into the concrete measures of the Council and its subsidiary organs under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The book examines international legal frameworks regulating the Council's exercise of authority vis-a-vis domestic actors through the interpretation of treaties and the analysis of practices relating to it.
