ABSTRACT
The United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) inaugural responsibility was to maintain international peace and security – nothing less than preventing the Third World War. As the UN turned 75 last year, that worst case had not come to pass. But for the UNSC to stay relevant in helping to protect future generations, its members will have to renew its agenda to keep pace with new threats. This may seem like a mammoth task as the UNSC’s five permanent, veto-wielding members – the P5 – remain sharply divided. But the UNSC has reinvented itself before, and can do so again.
