The UN at 80: Reform or Ruin — India’s Moment to Bridge the Divide

The UN at 80: Reform or Ruin — India’s Moment to Bridge the Divide

Eight decades after San Francisco, the UN faces paralysis and irrelevance  India’s unique credibility may be the key to saving multilateralism Eighty years after its founding, the United Nations is celebrating with champagne in New York — but the bubbles mask a bitter truth. The institution built to prevent a third world war is now paralyzed, distrusted, and dangerously close to irrelevance. The “post‑1945 order” is cracking under the weight of geopolitical rivalry, financial fragility, and global fatigue with multilateralism. Unless radical reform arrives, the UN risks becoming a relic bypassed by ad‑hoc coalitions. The United Nations turned 80 in 2025. The commemorations were full of champagne toasts and lofty speeches, but the hangover is real. Eight decades after the Charter was signed in San Francisco, the “post‑1945 order” faces its gravest crisis yet.   This is not just bureaucratic sluggishness. It is a crisis of confidence in collective global action. The machinery built to preve…