ABSTRACT
In the early 1990s, the end of the bipolar world and the apparent absence of major ideological conflicts encouraged the idea that it would be possible to establish a new world order that could guarantee peace and international security. The end of geopolitical control by the two opposing blocs enabled military operations against Iraq in 1991 by a huge alliance of states, as well as the ‘humanitarian’ intervention in Somalia in 1992, both of which took place under the UN banner. The active role of these operations seemed to pave the way to setting up a world government responsible for the problems of peace, security, democracy, and the safeguarding of human rights.
