The United States and the UN after the Cold War Paris : Ifri, Centre français sur les Etats-Unis, CFE, 2001. - 128 p. (Note du CFE)

The configuration of U.S. domestic politics and the stakes involved constitute a powerful constraint on the U.S. attitude towards the United Nations. The specificity, the unpredictability even, of U.S. foreign policy hides the existence of constant principles with regard to U.S. approaches towards the United Nations, which is used on a case-by-case basis.