ABSTRACT
The fifth chapter of the book then brings in the side of the UN that makes most of the headlines: International Peace and Security, in the context of “realpolitik.” It explains how COVID-19 marked a “before and after 2020” for the UN’s role in peace and security – something that diplomats had been grappling with. The chapter touches on the 75th anniversary of the UN from the perspective of the anniversary of the Second World War and the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, arguing that justice is not the only missing ingredient for a global peace, while outlining what fragilities remain as potential sources of future conflicts.
