by Jeffry Babb
The United Nations (UN) is not intended to be about realpolitik, but about international cooperation.
Many Australians have always had a soft spot for the UN. We are reminded of Labor leader Herbert Vere “Doc” Evatt (1894-1965) and his role in the formation of the UN, so that small and medium powers like Australia would not be excluded from decision-making in the General Assembly. Australians fought against Communism in the Korean War (1950-53) under the blue-and-whi…