WHEN THE GREAT POWERS CLASH: REFORMING THE UNITED NATIONS TO BETTER SERVE A CHAOTIC WORLD

摘要

The current state of global affairs can best be described as an exercise in Chaos Theory. Even within the complex chaos of international relations an overriding pattern may be discerned, self-interest. No nation-state acts for the interest of others if there is nothing to be gained by so acting. This is why the Russian Federation annexed Crimea; President Putin saw a major gain for the Russia Federation. This is why the United States imposed economic sanctions on the Russian Federation. As with every dark cloud there is a silver lining. Economics have gone global. No longer can the nations of the world act in their own exclusive economic interest. Nations need to act in concert for their own economic wellbeing. In Part Ⅰ through Part Ⅴ, this note explored the need for why the United Nations must be reformed. The global economic order is best maintained through the stability of international peace and security. The only organization that has the authority and legitimacy to accomplish this is the United Nations, but this organization has failed to do so. The United Nations Security Council is not active, but reactive. It is often slow to react and frequently bogged down by the diametrically opposed views of the five Permanent Members. If the organization is not only to survive but thrive, it needs a workable form and it must change and evolve from its post-World War Ⅱ beginning and embrace the new more educated and informed World. Part Ⅵ provides the necessary medicine; the reforming of the United Nations for the 21st century. The proposal would vastly reformat global economic governance, bringing together the disparate parts of a system that was created when there were roughly 50 independent countries and the two superpowers were at each other's' throat. The proposed United Nations Economic and Political Council combines the best parts of the current global economic governance with the legitimacy of the United Nations and will hopefully usher in a more peaceful and integrated world. While Chaos may have a certain beauty; chaos also has an unwritten destiny. While Chaos may be difficult to order; chaos also has an unwritten structure. However, none of these things should stop the world from trying to bring about a more perfect union for the safety and security of humanity.