Expanding The U.N. Security Council: A Reciepe for More Somalias, More Gridlock, and Less Democracy


 

Publication Date: December 1993

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Andrew J. Cowin

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: International organizations

Type: Report

Abstract:

President Clinton supports an expanded Security Council because he believes that it, will give greater legitimacy to Security Council decisions. A stronger and more independent Security Council, the President assumes, will better protect American interests. This assumption is wrong. A larger and more independent Security Council will not only be more ineffective, it will increase the likelihood that America will be dragged into dangerous conflicts that have no bearing on protecting the national interest.