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The UN Security Council and the “New US-China Cold War” April 12, 2021 The writer * served as Executive Director, Global Policy Forum, from its foundation in late 1993 through the end of 2012. A Security Council meeting in progress. Credit: United Nations NEW YORK, Apr 12 2021 (IPS) – Commentators talk about a “new Cold War” between the United States and China. They sometimes conclude that the geopolitical rivalry between these two major powers has ruined the effectiveness of the UN Security Council through hostile vetoes and other barriers to Council action. In fact, however, damaging rivalry on the...
