Ideological origins of the United Nations

Schlesinger utilizes this portion of his work to identify the ideological origins of the United Nations and to detail the intricacies of the organizations foundation. He begins his discussion of the UN by outlining the political movements that led to its establishment. Schlesinger includes this analysis in order to illustrate the extent of humanitys experimentation with international governance and law. The discussion attempts to determine key differences between the United Nations and its predecessors (Schlesinger 2003). Schlesinger then examines the negotiations which took place between the Allied Powers as World War II drew to a close (Schlesinger 2003). These negotiations resulted in the formation of the international organizations which structure global society today.show more contentThe European Concert System which emerged from the creation of the Nation-State facilitated the process of globalization, and represented the first attempts at formalized international order (Schlesinger 2003, 18). This system failed and evolved through Wilsonian ideals into the League of Nations after World War I (Schlesinger 2003, 19). The Leagues purpose was collective security, but was weakened by its reliance on morals to enforce Article 10 (Schlesinger 2003, 27). Schlesinger argues that the League was further damaged by American absence, Russian expulsion, and its concentration on security issues (Schlesinger 2003, 26