Chiefly because the US was involved in the UN.
Why did the League of Nations not work out but the UN did?
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HobbitFoot 1 point 12 days ago
And the world powers were far more willing to uphold a pretense of international law, both in how it acted and how it enforced it with other countries.
Then the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States went crazy, and the rest didn't want to spend money upholding the existing system.
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This led to 2nd WW. And surprise, surprise, we're nearing that situation once again.
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