URO Security Council kriis, United nations Legitimacy crisis
responsibilities. Acknowledging the implications of both of these positions, we argue that the resolution of the current
crisis of legitimacy is to be achieved through a more expansive interpretation of the Security Council's extant powers,
accompanied by a commitment on the part of the United States to reinvest in the multilateral machinery upon which
global order is founded.
Competing Conceptions of the Crisis of LegitimacyIn the introduction to this collection, Christian Reus-Smit
defines an actor or institution as experiencing a crisis of legitimacy 'when the level of social recognition that its identity,
interests, practices, norms, or procedures are rightful declines to the point where [the actor or institution] must either
adapt ... or face disempowerment'. In the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, as the UNSC became more active,