To avoid world war 3 & to cooperatively fix problems that can’t be fixed by individual nations.
Apart from having been able to prevent ww3 so far, the UN has also done a lot of good that without them might not have happened. Fixing the ozone layer holes, making international shipping less pollutant, famine food aid programs without too large strings attached, …
But the UN itself has no real power, they depend on the willing participation of the powerful member nations & if the powerful are on board, then those can coerce enough of the rest to participate. But now the most powerful nation is no longer a willing participant, so who can coerce them to play ball? It’s the start of a new world order and we don’t know yet what it’s going to look like. Probably shittier, but how much shittier we don’t really know yet.
To avoid world war 3 & to cooperatively fix problems that can’t be fixed by individual nations.
Apart from having been able to prevent ww3 so far, the UN has also done a lot of good that without them might not have happened. Fixing the ozone layer holes, making international shipping less pollutant, famine food aid programs without too large strings attached, …
But the UN itself has no real power, they depend on the willing participation of the powerful member nations & if the powerful are on board, then those can coerce enough of the rest to participate. But now the most powerful nation is no longer a willing participant, so who can coerce them to play ball? It’s the start of a new world order and we don’t know yet what it’s going to look like. Probably shittier, but how much shittier we don’t really know yet.