From League of Nations to UN: Lessons, Failures, and the Rise of Global Peacekeeping
Introduction The “balance of power” concept in international relations asserts that countries or states seek equality. Hugo Grotius and his contemporaries formally formalized the thesis in the 17th century (Iriye 149). According to Iriye (149), political revolutionists, such as Klemens von Metternich, used the concept to maintain European peace for much...