The writer, a distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore, is the author of ‘The Asian 21st Century’
Fifteen years have passed since Martin Wolf wrote, “Within a decade a world in which the UK is on the United Nations Security Council and India is not will seem beyond laughable.” The laughable situation continues.
The founding fathers of the UN were wise in incentivising the great powers of the day to stay in the organisation by giving them privileged positions as permanent veto-wielding members. However, they were unwise in not instituting a mechanism for substituting yesterday’s great powers with tomorrow’s great powers.
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