NEW YORK, Apr 12 (IPS) – The writer served as Executive Director, Global Policy Forum, from its foundation in late 1993 through the end of 2012.Commentators talk about a “new Cold War” between the United States and China. They sometimes conclude that the geopolitical rivalry between these two major powers has ruined the effectiveness of the UN Security Council through hostile vetoes and other barriers to Council action.
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