The Security Council controls the U.N. and while the United States may not officially control the Security Council, U.S. influence is immense. The U.S. has been able to do this for several reasons.
First is the fact that the U.N. was founded by the winners of the Second World War: primarily China, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. All but the United States were severely damaged internally by the war and China was further struck by the Civil War between Communist and Nationalist forces – with the United States siding with the Nationalists.
Although the Nationalists held China’s Security Council seat, when the United States switched sides, Communist China replaced the Nationalists in 1979.
Historically, China has also been an inward looking country, prefering to focus primarily on its own regional empire than to seek foreign adventures.
France and Great Britain, though on the winning side, suffered greatly from the Second World War, lost their colonies and were largely dependent upon U.S. loans for recovery.
The Soviet Union, in its Cold War conflict with the United States exhausted its own resources in an arms race which it was unable to sustain, collapsed internally and Russia is now largely dependent upon the United States and other Western nations for assistance in its recovery.
First is the fact that the U.N. was founded by the winners of the Second World War: primarily China, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. All but the United States were severely damaged internally by the war and China was further struck by the Civil War between Communist and Nationalist forces – with the United States siding with the Nationalists.
Although the Nationalists held China’s Security Council seat, when the United States switched sides, Communist China replaced the Nationalists in 1979.
Historically, China has also been an inward looking country, prefering to focus primarily on its own regional empire than to seek foreign adventures.
France and Great Britain, though on the winning side, suffered greatly from the Second World War, lost their colonies and were largely dependent upon U.S. loans for recovery.
The Soviet Union, in its Cold War conflict with the United States exhausted its own resources in an arms race which it was unable to sustain, collapsed internally and Russia is now largely dependent upon the United States and other Western nations for assistance in its recovery.