The UN Security Council and the ‘New US-China Cold War’


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Security council members vote on a nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament resolution at a Security Council Summit meeting during the United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar 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 Security Council is nothing new. The Council...