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handle is hein.amenin/aeiacnm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FUTURE UNITED NATIONS $20.00 THE FUTURE UNITED ATIONS Joshua Muravehik is aresidein scolar at the American Enterprise I'nstitut-eI e is tne author o eght books and 'hundrds of artcles that hae- ppead in nuret- ous magazines and every imajor Anerican daly, coveri'ng opics related to fReign poti 'ierna.tional telations, Aruericart politics, 'istory; poltical thieory. and media criticIsm. eolds a doctorate int government rom Georgetown University and serves as an adjunct professor at the Ititte o A'orMd Politics, anad'unct scholar at the Vasington Insitute for Nearl ast Policyantd a member of the editotial Iboards of The jourri of Democrac and World Afairs His 2002 book, Heaen on Ecrth[: T.1e Rise acnd tall of Socialsm, was released by PBS in 2005 as a docutmentary miniseries. is latest book, Coveringt te inF'a: How he' Media Reported the Panltnn UprisingAwas published in 2003 by the AWashngttor Instoiute ior Near East Policy Photo of aut.or by May Bet Meehan Rocked by scanda. Jan divided by the smoldering enities unleashed by the Iraql war, the United Nations aces is most critical hour.' he secretary general and other leaders have offered tiar recpes for it'o n the %Futur of te UtedNaos. Joshta MuravehIk argues that only far more radical re'ms can salvage the UN as a useul instituation. The central cause o' the UNs failulre, Muravehk says, is thathIt was structured as a proto---word governrent, with the power to make 'aw and ernforce peace. Metiber states were aslked to yietld a measure of then' IndependenceI n return for the protec- tons tht th nLN would oBer t . But Mrla'ik shInoVs tha ts global social contract was a dead letter from the start because the protections wer- illusory Ini tiall tthtis failur was traced to the Cold Wa. But in moretha' n ifteenyears snce the end of the Cold Wa, te UN has functionec little better, proving that ,h erc is a deeper fw tin Ls architecu If the world has been more peaceful snce W\Aorl War Two, it is due to the far- sighted *rtntiaona' plicies of the Uited Sttes, not th peaceeepinr of the UN Todaey, arful or jealous of Amercas unique superpoTr stats, some counties prmoe the UN as a ounteweit to he United S'tates. If they succeed, says Mttravchik the wNorld wll become a more 'angerous place, especialy for Ats most vulnerab iCitCzens. Instead of elevating the discredIted political tunctions of the UN, as most other reiorm proposals aim to do, MehLnik of'ers a completedl t d ififr n etrmulafor change: Boost the h'umanitarin wLork of' the LN, ant reemphasize its rote as a pace where sovereign natos can exchange ideas and fomn coaitions in he face of coL- mon concers:, while stripping it o the pretensions o worlc government. Joshua Muravehik is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise InstituteS tudy- ing the Untd NatLe ions,'h cnservatIsn the istory of soctalism and communism, the Arab-Israeli confict, glol democracy, terrorism, and the Bush Doctrine. AS!l American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS/ FOREIGN POLICY $20,00 rSEN084477183-X Rocked by scandal and poiially ded, the United Natons faces its most critical hou. While the UN's 'eadership proposes only modest changes, Joshua Muravchik demonstrates tat only fundamental leforms can save 'he UN The source of the UNs failure is rooted i it struct'ue as a proto--w old govern- mnent. Mfemnber s tateos were asked to Sur I-- render a measure of their independence An return or he UNs protections.against internatonal' aggression. But this global social contract was illusory: the UN has been an tineFfective intrnatona peace- keepe.I eadit is Am eica that has taken itup that responsibility leading inter- national coalitions to resist aggression and kepC the peace teviewing the UN srecord over the last haf century, Muravchik proposes a bold Irmula for resurrecting the beleagutered body: Refcu 's its efiotso on tlhe- one thing I does nel- ternatonal numaitarian nmssos--hile reemphaszing the UN as a olacewhee soveren tatton can exchange ideas and orm caeitions in the face of commaon'. concerns,

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