Collective Security by International Institutions: Challenges and Institutional Performance
Overview
This paper examines the role of international institutions, particularly the United Nations, in maintaining collective security in world politics. It argues that while the UN was established with collective security as a core duty, it faces significant challenges including ethnic divisions and disagreements among powerful nations that undermine its effectiveness in preventing conflict and maintaining peace.
What this essay covers
- Introduction establishing collective security as a critical issue in world politics
- Analysis of ethnic divisions as a challenge to institutional collective security, with examples from Yugoslavia and Rwanda
- Examination of divisions among powerful nations in the UN Security Council and their impact on security policy implementation
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Collective Security by International Institutions
World politics is a critical issue in collective security for international institutions. Political instability is a factor that is necessary to maintain peace through institutions, for example, the United Nations (UN). The UN, an international institution, was formed with a core duty of collective security worldwide (Frieden et al., 2019). However, the responsibility of collective security by international institutions faces challenges that can lead to other issues or concerns.
Ethnic divisions in different parts of the world are a significant challenge to collective security by international institutions such as the UN. Yugoslavia, for instance, is a country that experienced ethnic animosity in 1992. Ethnic groups that rivaled each other in Yugoslavia in 1992 include; Muslims, Serbs, Slovenes, Croats, Albanians, Hungarians, Macedonians, and Montenegrins (Frieden et al., 2019). The divisions of these diverse ethnic groups could lead to the cessation of different parts of Yugoslavia, which eventually became a reality. Additionally, the Rwandan genocide in 1994, as a result of ethnic tension, adversely affected the UN's performance on collective security which led to massive loss of lives.
Secondly, the division between powerful nations in the UN’s Security Council poses a threat to collective security by international institutions. The UN, for example, is most powerful when strong states agree as opposed to scenarios where these states diverge due to personal interests (NowThis World, 2015).