- After the second world war the peace keeping function lies by the two superpowers (Russia and United Nations)
- In the Post-Cold War Period America established itself as the most powerful nation in the world concernng military, economy, politics and culture
- high commitment to freedom and democracy in this period
- And today: One-sided approach in dealing with global problems, just looking at own interests
- was founded with three major aims: maintain international peace and security, develop friendly realtions among nations and to promote the cooperation among nations in solving international, social, cultural and humanitarian problems
- After the second world war the peace keeping function of the UNwas overlaid by the two superpowers
- In the Beginning of the 1990′s the UN played an important role in the First Gulf War, Yugoslavia and in several african states.
- The Bush administration tried to undermine the peace-keeping role of the UN
