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“From the start, the United Nations become a microcosm of world politics, with developments within the institution tending to mirror the atmosphere and happenings outside its walls.” Comment.

  • UPSC 1995
  • United Nations

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The statement treats the UN as a reflection of international politics rather than an independent force within it: its agenda, alignments and paralysis track the distribution of power and the mood outside. It is close to the realist reading. John J. Mearsheimer's "The False Promise of International Institutions" (1994–95) called institutions reflections of state power,…

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