What if the United Nations shut down for good?

A shut-down of the UN would probably mean the collapse of several international institutions. Possible outcomes (either advantageous or not) could be: More freedom of action for individual states. Intensification of the importance of national sovereignty. Reduction in world trade and global flows as a whole. read more

A shut-down of the UN would probably mean the collapse of several international institutions. Possible outcomes (either advantageous or not) could be: More freedom of action for individual states. Intensification of the importance of national sovereignty. Reduction in world trade and global flows as a whole. read more

So many people complain that the UN isn’t good for doing anything, for taking action to solve all the world’s problems, so they say it should be shut down. There are a lot of very good reasons why the UN should be shut down but if we really think about it, their lack of actions shouldn’t be one of them. read more

• The Global Army: On its Web page entitled “Honoring 60 Years of United Nations Peacekeeping (1948-2008)” the UN makes this ominous boast: A massive enterprise — The UN is the largest multilateral contributor to post-conflict stabilization worldwide. Only the United States deploys more military personnel to the field than the United Nations. read more