The Failure of Collective Security in the Post World Wars I and II International System

The League of Nations and the United Nations Organization were two organizations established for the maintenance of peace and security in the international system. After a panoramic discourse of the meaning and nature of Collective Security, the paper examines the problems of collective security in the international system; its failure under the League of Nations and the United Nations. The paper concludes that the weaknesses inherent in the system do not make it unuseful as it is a relevant factor in the maintenance of international peace and security.