World Powers After World War II

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The U.S., France, the United Kingdom, China and Russia are all famous troublemakers put in positions of veto power. Part of the design of having these countries have veto power is an effort to stop World War III. But they are prevented because of the veto power from using the Security Council to go after each other.

The war in Ukraine has demonstrated just how dysfunctional the United Nations is. Uri Friedman, managing editor at the Atlantic Council, explains how to fix it.

This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.

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