ABSTRACT
Paul Diehl observed that the ends of wars often act as an impetus for the creation of international organizations that may provide “institutional safe guards against threats to international peace and security.”1 The security arrangements anticipated by the League of Nations after World War I and the United Nations after World War II are examples of previous attempts to deal with threats to international peace and security through the structures of international organizations. The failure of the League to prevent Japanese and Italian aggression in the 1930s and the stalemate in the United Nations Security Council during the Cold War illustrate how such security institutions may fail to live up to their high expectations when faced with adverse situations.
