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Do Gladiators Fight for Their Masters? Voting Behavior of the US-Promoted United Nations Security Council Members in the Early Cold War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

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Abstract

The United States took an active role in promoting some countries for a United Nations Security Council seat as part of its struggle with the Soviet Union during the early Cold War. Did these US-backed countries act in the interests of their promoter when they voted in the Council? Were these efforts of the United States advantageous? By studying the voting behavior of the US-backed countries between 1946 and 1965, this article answers the question of whether promoting some states to international institutions is beneficial for the great powers.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 36 - 41
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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