The Winter issue of The American Interest contains an interesting plea by Brookings Fellow Ivo Daalder and Strauss Center Director James Lindsay for a 'Concert of Democracies' to replace the United Nations as the focus for effective and legitimate international security cooperation. The plan has many loose ends, but I believe the core is essentially sound:

From the United States and Canada to India and Japan, from Brazil and Argentina to Botswana and South Africa, from Finland and Spain to Australia and New Zealand, the world’s democracies possess the greatest capacity to shape global politics. (..) Harnessing the power that comes from this overwhelming military, economic, political and social advantage would provide the necessary ingredients for effective international action.

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