1. What would you suggest is the current US assessment of the value of the United Nations as an actor in world affairs? Explain, by illustrating either its effectiveness, or ineffectiveness for a contemporary issue, from the US point of view. Would it have been regarded as having been more effective or ineffective 20 years ago for that or a similar issue? Explain.

2. Discuss the priorities of the creators of the Bretton Woods Economic system. Were their objectives achieved? Explain. Would those creators be more pleased with the current economic system, whose management is dominated by the G-8, EU and IMF or, with Pax Americana? Explain.