The Iranian Association of International Studies International Relations Researches 2251-8444 4 12 2014 08 23 Obama Neo-Idealist Policy and Its Impact on the UN Functional Crisis Obama Neo-Idealist Policy and Its Impact on the UN Functional Crisis 35 58 41953 FA Gholamreza Karimi Faculty member of Kharazmi University 0000-0003-3139-9504 Journal Article 2015 02 09 From the very beginning of establishment of the United Nations that America gave its support to the organization, it was this perception that this international institution would be the most effective and legitimate tool for imposing American values at the global level and protection of American interests. However, at the present, many experts believe that the UN has failed in its main function which is to protect and maintain international peace and security. Considering this point, this paper seeks to examine the functional crisis of the UN from the Neo-Idealist perspective during the Obama’s presidency. The logic of the Neo-Idealism requires the US foreign policy be based on the multilateralism and cooperation which would make the presence of US in the international organizations such as the UN necessary in order to ensure its national interests. Having considered the Neo-Idealist perspective as the most suitable perspective for examining the factors in functional crisis of the UN compared with other approaches in International Relations, it is tried to apply the advantages of this perspective in order to examine the UN at the functional level. With this approach, non-democratic action of the UN and weakening of the role of the UN by US such the case of the Iranian nuclear program as the factors of the UN functional crisis during the Obama’s presidency are recognized and studied. This article is based on the analytical and explanatory method From the very beginning of establishment of the United Nations that America gave its support to the organization, it was this perception that this international institution would be the most effective and legitimate tool for imposing American values at the global level and protection of American interests. However, at the present, many experts believe that the UN has failed in its main function which is to protect and maintain international peace and security. Considering this point, this paper seeks to examine the functional crisis of the UN from the Neo-Idealist perspective during the Obama’s presidency. The logic of the Neo-Idealism requires the US foreign policy be based on the multilateralism and cooperation which would make the presence of US in the international organizations such as the UN necessary in order to ensure its national interests. Having considered the Neo-Idealist perspective as the most suitable perspective for examining the factors in functional crisis of the UN compared with other approaches in International Relations, it is tried to apply the advantages of this perspective in order to examine the UN at the functional level. With this approach, non-democratic action of the UN and weakening of the role of the UN by US such the case of the Iranian nuclear program as the factors of the UN functional crisis during the Obama’s presidency are recognized and studied. This article is based on the analytical and explanatory method https://www.iisajournals.ir/article_41953_71d2f46bae7fdd24ba0873898cc77fb6.pdf