URO Security Council kriis, United nations Legitimacy crisis
It is an exploration of these issues, and the fundamental bearing that
they have on the UNSC's legitimacy, that forms the principal focus of this article. The first of these harbours
concerns regarding the legitimacy of the UNSC, which it sees as being undermined by the Council's apparent
inability to constrain great power use of force, particularly by the United States. This interpretation of the crisis of
legitimacy is countered by an alternative understanding -- proffered most notably by neoconservative forces in the
George W. Bush administration -- which focuses on the perceived inability of the existing UN regime to meet the
challenges of contemporary global security (Frum and Perle, 2003;Kaplan and Kristol, 2003). Recognizing the United
States as having a unique hegemonic role within contemporary international society, neoconservatives deride the
existing collective security regime for impeding the United States as it seeks to fulfil the responsibilities that
accompany its exalted status.
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