Middle East Problems
| Published date | 01 July 1946 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070204600100304 |
| Author | W. E. Hart |
| Date | 01 July 1946 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Middle
East
Problems
W.
E.
Hart
W
hile
a
series
of
international
pourparlers
and
conferences
attempt
to
deal
with the
political
aftermath
of
the
second
world
war
more
thoroughly
and
efficiently
than
was
done
after
1918,
it
becomes
more
and
more
obvious
that,
at
this
stage,
only
questions
partially
affecting
world
issues
can be
tackled
by
the
extremely
tender
authority
of
the
United
Nations
Organization.
The
national
sovereignty
of
the
individual
state
still
plays
a
very
large
part
today,
not
in
the
sense
of
past
diplomatic
history
of
the
nineteenth
or
twentieth
centuries
only,
but
with
that
added
sense
of
responsibility
which
a
compelling
feeling
of
world
com-
munity
has
instilled
into all
great
powers.
We
can
only
hope
that
its
persistence
in
any
form
represents
nothing
more
than
a
short
period
of
transition
into
a
more
practical
surrender
of
na-
tional
power
to
the
organs which
will
collectively
govern
the
destinies
of
all
nations
for
the
purposes
of
guaranteeing
peace-
at least
for our time!
In
the
interim
stage,
and
that
is
the
period
we
have
to
con-
sider
at
present,
important
issues
are undergoing
development
that
might
present
themselves
as
faits-accomplis
when
the
time
arrives
for
a
more
solidified
UNO
to
examine
and pass
judgment
on
them.
They
are
issues which
affect
the
future
of
the
nations
directly
concerned,
but
which
may
also
have
repercussions
with
either
economic
or
security
implications
beyond
the
fringes
of
all
other
nations.
A
typical example
of
this
development
is
presented
in
the
problems
of
today's
Middle
East
where,
almost
unnoticed,
impor-
tant
re-adjustments are taking
place
without at
the present
mo-
ment
employing,
directly
or
indirectly,
the
good
services
of
UNO
(if we
ignore
the
Iranian-Russian controversy
for
the
time
be-
ing).
The
British
army
is
in
the
process
of
completing
the
evacua-
tion
of
troops
and considerable
war
material
from
Egypt.
While
this withdrawal
is
most
welcome
to
those
who
wish
to
see
a
satisfied
and
contented
Egyptian
state,
it
cannot
be
denied
that
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