Has the UN outgrown its usefulness? 7 Articles

by Robert C. Sage

Despite all of its weaknesses and limitations, the UN provides a unique venue for attempted resolution of international disagreements. If there was no UN, we would need to recreate it. Look at what happened after the Lea...read more

by David Furritus

Ah, the UN. It was an incredible tool that was so useful to the rest of the world - but, then again so was the black & white Tv. The United Nations did a nice job of providing a forum for foreign powers during some of t...read more

by Matthew Lynch

Has the UN (United Nations) forgotten its original mission? As most of us know, the UN was founded after World War II by the allied forces in hopes of preventing and arbitrating future conflicts between nations and make fu...read more

by Ashwin Krishna Gopal

The history of the United Nations dates back to the post world war 2 periods when most of the European nations, fresh out of conflict and strife resolved to build a body that would promote world peace and prevent any furth...read more

by Alan Bath

The UN is a great and August body that in its sixty year history has led the world in a variety of ways, UNICEF, World Health Organization, UNHCR, an UNESCO are some of th World's most respected organizations transforming ...read more

by Kenneth Boser Ii

The United Nations outgrew its usefulness the day it was created. Though many Americans are not aware of this, the United Nations was the brainchild of noted spy Alger Hiss. The idea of course, was to provide a means to...read more

by Ebey Soman

The United Nations was formed in 1945 to combat international discord. Its predecessor, the League of Nations was ineffective due to its lack of cooperation and inability to take action. The Security Council was formed as ...read more