To what extent has the United Nations succeeded in fulfilling the objectives envisaged in its Charter, and what factors account for the gap between its aspirations and outcomes?

The United Nations between Charter Ideals and Institutional Reality: Successes, Constraints, and the Gap Between Aspiration and Outcome Introduction The was established in 1945 through the UN Charter with an ambitious set of objectives: to maintain international peace and security, promote friendly relations among states, achieve international cooperation in solving global problems, and serve as … Continue reading To what extent has the United Nations succeeded in fulfilling the objectives envisaged in its Charter, and what factors account for the gap between its aspirations and outcomes?

To what extent is the United Nations structurally embedded within the power configurations of the international system? In an emerging multipolar order, will the UN become more autonomous or more constrained by power politics?

Introduction The United Nations (UN) was conceived in 1945 as an institutional response to the catastrophic failures of interwar collective security and as a normative project aimed at regulating the conduct of states through law, diplomacy, and multilateral cooperation. Yet from its inception, the UN has existed in a constitutive tension: while normatively committed to … Continue reading To what extent is the United Nations structurally embedded within the power configurations of the international system? In an emerging multipolar order, will the UN become more autonomous or more constrained by power politics?