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EUROPES VETOS POWER

BRiTain, FRancE, ThE UniTEd STaTES, and ThE RE-

FORm OF ThE Un SEcURiTy cOUncil

Daniel Deudney

Research Fellow, Transatlantic Academy

Hanns W. Maull



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Britain, France, the United States,and the Reform of the UN Security Council

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Executive Summary

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The Charters

Security Council

was a plan to

marry power with

responsibility

...The decline in

French and Britis

power, along with

the rise of other

powers both

in Europe and

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and International Order1

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Britain and France

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If Europe wants

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movement

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An Historical Overview of

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The record of past

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enhance the

standing and

the legitimacy

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We want to see EU

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As experience

mounted and

participants

became

increasingly

invested in

this approach,

European

ambitions could

expand, turning

the European

Union, led by

France and

the U.K., into a

truly influential

global player.

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