The League of Nations was established to prevent another war following the end of World War1, but it failed to do so. After the Second World War, current United Nations (UN) was established in 1947. It’s preamble to the Charter vehemently vowed to “save succeeding generations from the scorges of wars”. Since then, the world has witnessed countless major wars, civil wars, military coups and terrorism in many regions of the world! The UN member states are not equal under international law which is an instrument used by the victors in wars to dictate the terms to the vanquished. Only five permanent nuke members have the Veto Power. The rest (mainly from the Global South) in the National Assembly pass resolutions that have no teeth to bite! Today the status quo is the same song with a different vibe. Still “Might Makes Right”, a Dog-Eat-Dog world! However, whats dynamically and rapidly changing is the way states are unilaterally acting out in dealing with each other or entering into direct transsactional deals bilaterally (soleley for their mutual interest or benefits) such as defence, strategic agreements or even diplomatic relations that usually were brokered and approved or condemned through UN bodies or agencies through multilateral accords. And with Trumpian “America First” many UN bodies and international agencies or regional organizations like the African Union and the Arab League are becoming defunct politically
Whether its Ethiopia building the GERD and unilaterally rejecting unfair colonial treaties and reclaiming ownership of its soveregn natural resources or Somaliland and Israel bilaterally establishing diplomatic relations, the New World Order is here to stay, whether one cries “Wolf” or “Israel”. For example, Egypt can no longer claim sovereignty over the Nile and neither can Somalia over Somaliland.
