Order, United Nations and Conflict Resolution in Africa: a Case of Pacified Hegemonism

True to the principal laws of dialectics, conflict is inevitable in the international system due to the existence of unreconcilable economic interests. This necessitates the rule of the mighty, who through institutions, rules and programme enforce peace and security that guarantees its own interest. The emergence of new powers and challenges to its interests, breeds further conflicts unless the interests of all the powers are harmonized. The world with its spatial and an unequal distribution of natural wealth such as minerals, fertile lands, water and land mass across the five continents has proven to be an unending source of conflicts among nations in the international community due to the expliots of the dominant global powers. With specific reference to the post World War 11 Order, this book explores the link between the dynamics of economic expansionism of the Super Powers, the evolution/activities of the UN and intractable conflicts in Africa.