Wartime information galvanized support at home, while encouraging those abroad not to give up the fight until help arrived.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 2: The Importance of Information in Wartime
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UN Origins Project Series, Part 1: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace
This project builds on the recently published book, “America, Hitler and the UN: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace,” by Dan Plesch, the Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy.
An Easy Way to Improve U.S.-Latin American Relations
During his attendance at a recent African Union summit, former Brazilian president Lula da Silva critiqued the structure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC): “it isn’t possible that Latin America, with its 400 million inhabitants, does not have permanent representation. Five countries decide what to do and how to do it, regardless of the rest of the humans living on this planet.”
Syria Just Might Be More Cooperative if Its Reactor Hadn’t Been Blown to Bits
Syria, however repressive, can’t realistically be expected to cooperate with inquiries into its nuclear program after its reactor was bombed.
Review: America, Hitler, and the UN
According to convention, the United Nations began with the signing of the UN charter in San Francisco in 1945. From that beginning, the organization evolved into a global deliberative body of nearly 200 member states. For some, the UN is incapable of managing an anarchic international system. For others, the UN represents an attempt by the major powers following World War II to maintain or expand their empires by dressing them in the guise of an international democratic order.
Enabled by Obama, Netanyahu Attempts to Hold Back the Tide of History
President Obama does Israel no favors in the long run by urging European leaders not to support Palestinian statehood in a U.N. vote.
Beyond Gbagbo’s Last Stand
After the drama of Laurent Gbagbo’s capture in Abidjan, international attention has swung away from Cote d’Ivoire. At the precise moment when external voices for justice are most necessary, the cameras and critics seem to have moved on. Reducing Cote d’Ivoire’s political struggle to the recent presidential contest is a profound misunderstanding of the complexity of the Ivorian conflict and a sure way to miss the path toward peace.
Taking R2P to the Next Level
Done properly, the U.N.’s Responsibility to Protect entails deployment of peacekeepers, provision of food and shelter, and democratic elections.
African Solutions for Cote d’Ivoire: The Deception of ‘No Solution’
Despite Africa’s intention to empower its continental and regional organisations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have failed to propose a determined solution for the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. Instead the prospect of a new civil war looms on the Ivoirian horizon.
The UN and Saudi Women
As revolutions and reforms sweep the Arab world, Saudi women continue to push for their rights. Inspired by their sisters in Egypt and Tunisia, a national women’s movement called Saudi Women Revolution has coalesced with clear and wide-ranging demands. Chief among them is the ability to participate in the political process, including voting and running for election.