The UN’s legitimacy, long upheld by the shadow of American dominance, now trembles as global conflicts multiply and US influence wanes. Much like the League of Nations before it, the UN risks irrelevance—not from lack of ideals, but from lack of enforcement power. As multipolarity returns, states once restrained grow bolder. The global order teeters, and the dream of collective peace dims. When everyone is a king, no one is.