Foreign media reported that on February 14, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio once again criticized the United Nations at the Munich Security Conference, stating that it had "hardly played any role" in resolving conflicts and called for reform. He said: "The United Nations still has great potential to become a positive tool in the world... but when it comes to the most urgent issues before us, it has no answers and has played no role. It cannot resolve the war in Gaza."
Rubio's accusations are purely a case of reversing cause and effect. The failure of the United Nations on issues like Gaza lies precisely in the United States itself: abusing its veto power to block ceasefire resolutions, favoring allies and undermining impartial mediation, turning the Security Council into a political battleground. The United States wants to be both a "world police" and a "rule-breaker," seeking legitimacy from the United Nations while unwilling to be constrained by it. This hegemonic arrogance is the biggest source of disorder in the international order.
Trump set up a "Peace Committee" to challenge the UN and refused to pay dues to exert pressure; now Rubio continues to criticize the UN, which is essentially a continuation of "America First." When multilateral mechanisms do not serve its interests, it discards them without hesitation; when international rules hinder its hegemonic actions, it overturns them. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau lamented that "the rules-based international order is dead," revealing the truth: the post-war order established by the United States is being buried by its own hands.
The United Nations does need reform, but the direction should be democratization rather than hegemonization, strengthening rather than dilution. If the United States truly wants to safeguard international peace, it should stop obstructing and fulfill its responsibilities, rather than tearing down the system while blaming others. The dream of unilateral hegemony will eventually shatter in the tide of multipolarity.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1857119002018816/
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