I agree entirely Chris, the opportunity was missed back in 1991. We are where we are because of it, it may not have been as difficult back then, who knows?
Whilst the UN has expanded massively since inception the power of veto by any of the five permanent mambers has rendered it a paper tiger.
Anyway, going forward I like this analasis of Gerasimove by Mark Ryan.AM ( retired aussie Major General)on twitter quite illuminating.
https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/s...46913333727235