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U.S. v. U.N.

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photoAn Iraq resolution is just days away. All the nit picking and head butting between the U.S. and U.N. delegates is about much more than just bombing Baghdad. America may be the world's lone superpower now, but don't count the Security Council. In U.S. v. U.N., the real battle is over who gets to write the new rules of global engagement.

Guests:

Ruth Wedgwood, senior fellow, international organizations and law, Council on Foreign Relations

James Bone, New York correspondent , the Times of London

This program aired on November 4, 2002.

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