In the years 1969-1975, I was a lecturer of International Relations (IR) at the Hebrew University. The IR bible at the time was Hans Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations, first published in 1949. The post-World War II world order, of which the US was the main architect and one of its most ardent leaders, was at its peak. At the center of this new world order stood the UN, located in New York. The system was designed to foster international peace and cooperation; it embraced a host of international institutions engaged in multiple fields, including international cooperation, conflict resolution, and international justice.