Last September, President Bush threw down the gauntlet before the UN General Assembly. “Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding,” he asked, “or will it be irrelevant?”
After months of not-so-subtle diplomacy, a bitterly divided Security Council refused to authorize the use of force against Iraq, and, well, you know the rest. Some argue that the entire process was an exercise in futility. The Security Council, they say, had neither the teeth nor the standing to fulfill its mission to maintain international peace and security, that it’s a moribund relic of a simpler time. Security Council boosters say it’s not dead yet. Debating the future of the UN Security Council in the new world disorder
Guests:
Michael Glennon, Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.