Introduction
There is no organization or body in international forum that acts like police to enforce rule based order and bring the rogue states to behave. The United Nations is more of a Panchayat with no authority and no apparatus to enforce civilized behavior amongst the member states. Security Council comes very close to policing role in UN but it has also been hijacked by the mighty five having veto powers. The difference of opinion or vested national interests often force powerful countries to use the veto to defang the UNSC.
After the World War II, all nation states felt the pain of war devastation and professed to start an organization for international order. This is how UN was born but it was no better than ‘League of Nations’, that failed to prevent the World War II. USA emerged as the most powerful nation in the world, after the World War II and assumed for itself the role of so called ‘Global Police’. A new balance of power emerged post WW II, in which the United States would act as a global policeman. The hidden agenda was to provide the United States and Britain with a way to police the world while avoiding the appearance of empire-building. If the United States wanted to use military power, against a nation state, then it might legitimize its actions with tacit approval of the United Nations. Read more …