Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
The UN, the United Nations, was born from the ashes of the Second World War with an enormous ambition: to replace force with law. Founded in 1945, it took over from a League of Nations that had failed to prevent that second world war.
Yet from the Cold War to the tensions of today, the institution often looks powerless against the great powers. Between undeniable humanitarian successes and repeated political paralysis, the UN resembles a giant with feet of clay.
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- 2An architecture inherited from 1945
- 3Quiet effectiveness: the humanitarian arm
- 4Sovereignty against international law
- 5The impossible reform of a frozen system
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary9 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
