Dr. Alynna J. Lyon
Dr. Alynna J. Lyon is a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire and is Co-Editor and Chief of the journal Global Governance. She authored “US Politics and the United Nations: A Tale of Dysfunctional Dynamics.” Dr. Lyon traces the UN’s creation in 1945, dating from the League of Nations and President FDR’s effort to create an organization to prevent war, assist economic and social development and promote human rights. The US benefits more than any other country due to UN programs, such as peacekeeping, combating diseases, battling climate change, assisting in moving aircraft, ships, mail and weather information worldwide, to mention only a few. Most US presidents concluded that the UN was vital to provide an international forum to convene the countries of the world to deal with issues such as diseases, climate change, regional conflicts and a myriad of other contentious problems. The illegal US invasion of Iraq, failure to support key peacekeeping missions and withdrawal from the Iranian Nuclear Deal, the UN Human Rights Council and WHO were disastrous decisions that weakened America and strengthened adversaries such as China. The UN is essential, however, polls show the American public generally supports UN activities but does not understand the UN. The general public should develop objective news sources about the UN and avoid Right-Wing radio and other outlets, such as Fox, OAN and Newsmax that are allegedly biased or choose not to comprehend many of the UN programs.
