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Variable Multipolarity And Un Security Council Reform, Bart M.J. Szewczyk
Variable Multipolarity And Un Security Council Reform, Bart M.J. Szewczyk
Bart M.J. Szewczyk
One of the fundamental international law questions over the past two decades, and an integral issue for US policy, has been the structure of the United Nations Security Council. In a world of variable multipolarity, whereby changing crises demand different combinations of actors with relevant resources and shared interests, the Council’s reform should be based not on expanded permanent membership—as mistakenly held by conventional wisdom—but on inclusive contextual participation in decision-making. The Council’s five permanent members continue to have collective resources relative to the rest of the world that are not significantly different than at the founding of the UN. …