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International Cooperation in a Changing World: A Challenge to United States Foreign Policy

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It was above all to avoid the recurrence after World War II of threats to world peace and order that the United States set out to design and bring into being the United Nations and the congeries of related agencies. “From the very beginning,” says the report of the American delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, “the problems of post-war peace and security were paramount.” This seemingly obvious observation is not as trivial as it may sound, for it is a benchmark by which to measure the transformation that has occurred in the character, emphases, and achievements of the United Nations. It will no longer do to say, as was once possible, that the UN's value can be judged solely by its success in avoiding international conflict. Today, the United Nationsvery likely would command American attention and participation even if it had no utility in the realm of peace and security.

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  • Finkelstein, Lawrence S., 1969. "International Cooperation in a Changing World: A Challenge to United States Foreign Policy," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(3), pages 559-588, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:23:y:1969:i:03:p:559-588_01
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