United Nations

Interview – Hans Carl von Werthern

E-International Relations • Jul 11 2019 • Features

Ambassador Hans Carl von Werthern discusses Germany-Japan relations, proposals for reform of the UN Security Council, and the impact of the Fukushima disaster in Germany.

Interview – Kate Ferguson

E-International Relations • May 8 2019 • Features

Kate Ferguson talks to us about identity-based violence, the rise in mass-atrocities, the effectiveness of R2P, and the relationship between academia and policy-making.

Haiti: Peace-Keeping as the Path to Peace, State-Building, and Democracy

Paula Gomes Moreira • May 7 2019 • Articles

More than ten years after the first UN mission, peace is still far from becoming reality, but the government has the instruments to dissuade uprisings and violence.  

Interview – Anne Sisson Runyan

E-International Relations • Mar 8 2019 • Features

Anne Sisson Runyan discusses the importance of International Women’s Day, gender and IR, intersectionality, gender balance in academia and decolonial feminism.

Revisiting Palestine’s Membership at the UN and Evolving Implications

Yaser Alashqar • Mar 1 2019 • Articles

Palestine’s admission as a non-member observer State at the UN has presented evolving implications and promising possibilities for Palestine’s quest for recognition

Conflict Resolution and the UN Peacekeeping Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

Agossou Lucien Ahouangan • Feb 25 2019 • Articles

Conflict resolution should be more than ending violence; it should be rebuilding a society and the ties among the population that were severed by conflict.

Developing Countries and UN Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Challenges

Ricardo Oliveira dos Santos • Feb 25 2019 • Articles

We must ask questions about how to reform historically rooted principles, norms, expectations, and understandings about how to achieve a sustainable peace in the international society.

Why Did the U.S. and Israel Leave UNESCO?

Daniel Marwecki • Feb 14 2019 • Articles

Washington’s exit from UNESCO integrates seamlessly into a longer historical trajectory of engagement with the organization. Israel has little choice but to follow suit.

The Global South and UN Peace Operations

Thomas G. Weiss and Giovanna Kuele • Feb 3 2019 • Articles

Motivations to contribute troops vary in the Global South. Most seek to polish their international image. Others use UN peacekeeping to reap financial interests.

Review – Inside the Foreign Office

Oliver Daddow • Jan 8 2019 • Features

This three-part documentary shows UK politicians and civil servants in action, explores what diplomats do, and the impact of Brexit with some amusing yet worrying footage.

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