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The End of the UN’s World Order

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In other words, you can call it the end of the US hegemony and the propagated around the world globalization era or “the return of the nation-States era.” Either way, it all comes down to the same thing. Sooner or later all epochs come to an end and in this case not it happens with the support of one of its founders and driving forces, the USA.

The late arrival of President Trump to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly could symbolize it. At first glance, this may sound unconvincing. However, you can agree with me when you look at the recent relations between the United States and the United Nations, Trump’s approach to the organization and his rhetoric. At least, the United States has demonstrated its disrespect towards the UN and all member countries.

The United States does not need the UN. In other words, from the US point of view, the UN’s expiration date has passed. Did it happen suddenly? Of course, no. This is a time-consuming process, and it seems to come to an end. Most importantly, the US itself confirms this fact.

As is well known, the main contradictions between the United Nations and the United States were limited by the financial aspects; now political ones were added to them. Especially after the recognition of Jerusalem, the United Nations, from the point of view of the United States, has turned into an organization that creates a boomerang effect.

The UN has become not only an instrument where the US cannot lobby its political interests but also it turns out to be the structure in which the United States lost its political charisma in the face of the world community at the international level.

However, it is evident that in addition to these problems, there is a more substantial issue for the US. This factor is nothing more than a “blocking role” that prevents the resurgence of the global chaos. In this regard, the United Nations plays, if not perfect, but still, a restraining role against the aggression of the US and some other global and regional forces, using the “veto mechanism”.

It is now clear that the US can no longer maintain the world order formed after the Second World War because of the ever-arising conflicts of interests between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, which can be called the “Global Gang Quintette”.

Within this framework, the support of the European Union (namely, Germany) represented by France to the Russian-Chinese union what is opposite to negative American reaction to this situation makes the United States, in fact, the lone actor in this quintet. The unreliability of the UK as a political actor from the point of view of the United States is also essential.

Besides, the idea of annulment of the UN World Order demonstrates the US efforts to implement a more dangerous project/plan. With the collapse of the UN world order, it can be assumed that the United States wants to deepen and expand world chaos.

In this context, the gradual dismantling of the United Nations, the destruction of its (non-existent) reputation, and its subsequent collapse looks like a part of the chaos emanated from the September 11 events.

As the United Nations have become inconsistent with the American goals due to its methods and instruments of influence during the post-Cold War period, the US had motives to include this organization in the list of “Cold War remnants” that must be abolished, together with NATO and the EU.

Summarizing, we can say that according to the United States the “shelf life” of the United Nations is over. The UN plays overtime. A new League of Nations is being formed and, as a consequence, a world war which may be the last one for humanity is inevitable. Moreover, the whole process is the result of Trump’s efforts in creating Armageddon. Hopefully, I could convey my message.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin EROL
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin EROL
Born in 1969, Dörtyol-Hatay, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin Erol graduated from Boğaziçi University (BU), Department of Political Science and International Relations in 1993. After completing his master's degree at BU in 1995, Erol was accepted to the PhD program at BU in the same year. After completing his PhD at Ankara University in 2005, Erol became an associate professor in the field of “International Relations” in 2009 and a professor in 2014. Erol worked at the Eurasian Center for Strategic Studies (ASAM) between 2000 and 2006 and and served as the General Coordinator of ASAM for a period. In 2009, he served as also Founding Chairman and Board Member of the Institute for Strategic Thinking (SDE). He is also the Founding President of the Center for International Strategy and Security Studies (USGAM) and the President of the International Relations Institute of the New Türkiye Strategic Research Center (YTSAM). Prof. Erol has also served as the Director of Gazi University Strategic Research Center (GAZISAM). In 2007, Prof. Erol received the “Turkish World Service Award” from the Writers and Artists Foundation of the Turkic World (TÜRKSAV), and has received numerous awards for his academic work and his activities in the media. Some of them can be listed as follows: 2013 “Print Media of the Year Award” by the Association of Contemporary Democrats, 2015 “APM 10th Year Service Award”, “2015 Press-Intellectual of the Year Award” by the Writers' Union of Türkiye (YTB), “2016 Volunteer Ambassadors Media Honor Award” by the Anatolian Village Guards and Martyrs' Families, “2016 Türkiye Honor Award” by the Yoruk Turkmen Federations. Prof. Erol has 15 book studies. The names of some of them are as follows: “The United States of Turks from Dream to Reality”, “Türkiye-EU Relations: Foreign Policy and Internal Structure Problems”, “The New Great Game in Eurasia”, “The Search for Strategy in Turkish Foreign Policy”, “The Search for Security in Turkish Foreign Policy”, “The Republic of Türkiye-Russian Federation Relations”, “The Cold Organization of Hot Peace: The New NATO”, “Theoretical Approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis: The Case of Turkish Foreign Policy”, “Crises and Crisis Management: Actors and Case Studies”, “Kazakhstan” and “Current Issues in International Relations”. Since 2002, Prof. Erol, who has carried out radio programs such as “Eurasia Agenda”, “Strategic Perspective”, “Global Perspective”, “Analysis”, “File”, “News Desk”, “The Other Side of the Agenda” on TRT Türkiye's voice and TRT Radio 1 (Ankara Radio), made the programs “Arayış” on TRT INT television between 2004-2007, “Beyond the Border” on Kanal A television between 2007-2010 and “Foreign Policy Agenda” on BBN TÜRK television in 2020-2021. Prof. Erol, whose foreign policy column “Arayış” was published in Milli Gazete between 2012-2018, is consulted for his expertise in numerous national and international media outlets such as television, radio, newspapers, news websites and magazines. Prof. Erol, who also taught at Gazi University Department of International Relations and Ankara University Latin American Studies Center (LAMER) between 2006-2018, has been continuing his academic career as a faculty member at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Department of International Relations since 2018. Since 2006, Prof. Erol has also taught in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Ufuk University. The main areas of interest and expertise of Prof. Erol and the titles of his courses at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels in this area are as follows: “Geopolitics”, “Security”, “Intelligence”, “Crisis Management”, “Current Issues in International Relations”, “Turkish Foreign Policy”, “Russian Foreign Policy”, “US Foreign Policy” and “Central Asia and South Asia”. Prof. Erol, whose articles-evaluations have been published in many journals and newspapers, has been editor of academic journals such as “Eurasia File”, “Strategic Analysis”, “Strategic Thinking”, “Gazi Regional Studies”, “The Journal of SSPS”, “Black Sea Studies”. He is currently in the editorial boards of “Regional Studies,” “International Crisis and Political Research,” “Gazi Academic View”, “Ege University Turkish World Surveys”, “Ankara International Social Sciences”, “Democracy Platform”. Prof. Erol, who has been working as the Founding President of the Ankara Center for Crisis and Political Studies (ANKASAM) since 2016, is married and has three children.