Of words and wars: the Security Council's hard life among the great powers

In: Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 69-75

Abstract

View that the United Nations Security Council was designed to avoid conflict among the Great Powers, and has been successful in this regard; in context of inability of the UN to stop the US-led war against Iraq. Covers history and establishment of the Security Council, power and legitimacy, and influence of the UN on US foreign policy.