The international struggle over Iraq: politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005

Cold War peacemaker : brokering peace in the Iran-Iraq war

New world order policeman : responding to Iraqi aggression against Kuwait

Creeping unilateralism : humanitarian interventions and no-fly zones

Sanctions enforcer : economic sanctions and the oil-for-food program

Weapons inspector : UNSCOM, UNMOVIC and the disarming of Iraq

Sidelined : from 9/11 to August 19, 2003

Crisis of confidence : annus horribilis and a 'vital' role

Conclusions : serious consequences : how twenty-five years of involvement with Iraq has changed the Security Council.