Source: CounterPunch
by Lawrence Wittner
“Ever since the emergence of individual nations, their governments have sought to secure what they consider their ‘interests’ on an ungoverned planet of competing nations. Amid this international free-for-all, nations tended to pursue national security or national advantage through military might. Of course, the downside of this arrangement was that it produced military confrontations and wars. … Over the years, as national leaders and members of the public recognized the drawbacks of an anarchic world, they turned toward developing institutions of global governance, including international law, a League of Nations, and eventually the United Nations. International security, they believed, would help to maintain national security. Unfortunately, though, since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, the governments of many nations have failed to honor their professed commitments to international security.” (10/14/24)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/14/from-national-security-to-international-security/