The UN, WTO, NATO, ICC, and NPT have become zombies - BusinessWorld Online

The UN, WTO, NATO, ICC, and NPT have become zombies - BusinessWorld Online

By Andreas Kluth A WORRISOME parallel between the 1930s and the 2020s is that in both decades the multilateral institutions of the international system resemble the walking dead. Today that applies to defensives alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as the bodies that regulate trade (the World Trade Organization or WTO), limit nuclear proliferation (a treaty abbreviated as NPT), and prosecute war crimes (the Int…