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The United Nations, the United States, and the Maintenance of Peace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Inis L. Claude Jr
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This essay is addressed to the issue of the extent to which and the ways in which the United Nations may serve the interest of the United States in the maintenance of world peace during the decade that lies ahead. It rests upon two assumptions, both of which require careful qualification: first, the assumption that the United States has, and recognizes that it has, a fundamental interest in international peace; second, the assumption that the United Nations is in principle an organization dedicated to the promotion of international peace.

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Research Article
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International Organization , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , Summer 1969 , pp. 621 - 636
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1969

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1 I have attempted a critical analysis of this doctrine in “The Vogue of Collectivism in International Relations,” Interstate (University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), 11 1968 (No. 1, 68'69), pp. 14–18Google ScholarPubMed.

2 The passage is from the text of a television address, published in The Washington Post, October 1, 1968, p. A 6.

3 From a speech delivered in San Francisco on September 26, 1968. Ibid., September 27, 1968, p. A 6.

4 Ibid. Cf. this comment concerning the mood of the new Administration of Richard Nixon: “There is a disposition … to be chary of any more Vietnams—to shy from unilateral entanglements and rely more on international organizations to police the peace and good order of the world.” (“‘Let Us … Go Forward Together,’“ Newsweek, January 27, 1969, p. 19.) Whether or not this is an accurate appraisal of the Nixon Administration's attitude it is a striking example of the widespread tendency to regard action by multilateral agencies as an alternative to American involvements.

5 See his column in The Washington Post, February 9, 1969, p. B 1.

6 See his Introduction to the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, 16 June 1959–15 June 1960 (General Assembly Official Records [15th session], Supplement No. 1A).