Background
Alger, Chadwick Fairfax was born on October 9, 1924 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert and Thelma (Drawbaugh) Alger.
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Rising from the ashes of World War II, the UN's birth was announced on October 24, 1945. Its military arm began in 1948 with the deployment of just 36 soldiers, tasked with supervising a fragile cease-fire in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since then it has undertaken more than 50 peacekeeping missions and concluded 500 multilateral conventions on human rights, arms control, environment, terrorism, and many other subjects. The United Nations System examines the continuing controversy that surrounds this organization. Whereas conservatives accuse the UN of wavering in the face of gross violations of its own resolutions by Saddam Hussein, many liberals have lambasted it for failing to take decisive action against genocide in the Balkans and in Rwanda. Highly readable and packed with useful facts and illustrations, this book is essential reading for those who wish to make up their own minds.
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What does the future hold for the UN? In this book, twenty-two scholars from all continents contribute twelve chapters that cover prevention of violence, creating economic and social structures that sustain human fulfilment, sharing and protecting the commons, and peace education. The search for future potential, based on experience in these twelve "laboratories," leads to sixty-six recommendations for new institutions and programs on issues that include controlling weapons, humanitarian intervention, collaboration between UN peacekeepers and NGOs, human rights, economic policies, advancement of women, refugees, ecological security, communications, and peace education. These recommendations are brought together in a concluding chapter and summarized in the appendix. Most of the recommendations do not require amendments to the UN Charter or to the treaties establishing the UN Specialized Agencies. Instead, their implementation would require creative efforts of Member States, secretariats, NGOs, and dedicated individuals that are pointed toward attainment of multilateral capacity for coping with an array of global problems that increasingly threaten the quality of human life. This is stimultaing reading for anyone who wants to be challenged to think creatively about the potential for coping with a growing array of global problems.
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Alger, Chadwick Fairfax was born on October 9, 1924 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert and Thelma (Drawbaugh) Alger.
Bachelor, Ursinus College, 1949. Doctor of Laws, Ursinus College, 1979. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1958.
International relations specialist, Department Navy, 1950-1954; instructor, Swarthmore College, 1957; faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1958-1971; professor political science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1966-1971; director international relations program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1967-1971; Mershon professor political science public policy, Ohio State University, 1971-1995; emeritus professor, Ohio State University, since 1995; director transnational intellectual cooperation program, Ohio State University, 1971-1980; director world affairs program, Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1980-1988; coordinator working group on global relations and peace studies, Ohio State University, 1988-1995; acting director university center for international studies, Ohio State University, 1990-1991. Visiting professor United Nations affairs New York University, 1962-1963.
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Member Trade Council, State of Ohio, 1984-1987. Advisory committee Global Issues Center Cuyahoga Community College, 2005-2008. Member advisory council Americans for United Nations Educational, since 2006.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Political Science Association (council 1970-1972), International Political Science Association, International Studies Association (president 1978-1979), International Studies Association Midwest (Quincy Wright distinguished scholar award 2000), International Peace Research Association (council 1971-1977, sec.gen. 1983-1987, honorary founder 2008), International Peace Research Association (vice president since 1998), Midwest Conference Political Sciences (recipient prize 1966), Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (executive committee 1971-1977, chairman 1976-1977), Hunger and Development Coalition of Center Ohio (board directors 1983-1990), Columbus Council on World Affairs (board directors 1974-1988), United Nations Association (president Columbus chapter 1991-1993, vice president advocacy since 2009).
Married Elinor Reynolds, August 28, 1948. Children: Mark, Scott, Laura, Craig.