Ikenberry's Influence On The Government

From time to time, we envision ourselves free of worry and conflict. We attempt to rid ourselves of all outside bad influence. In the instances of how this effects our government, we tend to find ourselves out of the loop however, for good reason? Our government contains multiple organizations which, deal and sanction countries that may not follow certain sets of rules. According to G. John Ikenberry, he argues that the global system has always achieved order. Through multiple channels this system has allotted for the smooth running of many organizations. Through time I have learned to accept the fact that not everything is able to become controlled by the masses. These contemporary international organizations reflect a constitutional
Ikenberry’s three elements of constitutionalism require a shared agreement, set binding and authoritative limits on the exercise of power and lastly, institutions are entrenched in the wider political system and not easily altered. From this, many of the organizations follow these alignments and are successful because of it. In the case of the United Nations they maintain a list of rules which, function to set limits on the amount of force allowed to be used in order to maintain constitutionalism. In addition, each country added to the United Nations must go through an extensive application process followed by immediate membership effective upon the date of the General Assemblies decision. According to Jeane J. Kirkpatrick “United Nations shapes matters in the long run not the short and help to shape interactions and agendas in bodies as remote” (Kirkpatrick 1). The political system is not something that can be changed in an instant. Many sanctions are in place in order to make it “not easily altered”. This being stated we can see that Ikenberry’s elements can be seen to be constitutionally in order. The UN allows for many countries to live in peace; become successful economically and even politically and has done so since it was