PS 280 Midterm: Test 2 - Lecture 1.docx

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 280
• Professor: Hendrickson

Document Summary

Us ambassador to the un dr. susan rice. Views on syria, china, russia and the un security council. Senate does not like how she handled benghazi. Membership (p-5): russia, france, china, u. s. , uk great powers after wwii. 5 permanent, 10 non-permanent (2 year terms) 15 total. Of the 10, regional equity; *asians, african, eastern european, etc. Permanent 5 have veto power - can veto anything. Some countries come back and serve more frequently than others. Authorizes military action (if you say the un does this, it was really the security council) . When clinton used force in bosnia, had un security. 15 current peace keeping authorizations, all authorized by u. n. security council. Germany and japan are of highest contributors upset that they don"t have a voice in security council. Argument against: why should just the rich countries. No permanent seats for people in global south brazil, The countries willing to take their troops and place them abroad in peacekeeping operations.