 IA FORUM ARTICLES |
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| IA Forum discusses issues concerning Italy with Federiga Bindi, Director of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute. By Valentine Pasquesoone. (03/22/2009) |
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| The Future of the United States and United Nations (paper) |
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| Paper analyzing the UN - US relationship, calling for continued involvement and coorperation. By Jeannine E. Miller. (05/05/2011) |
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| Recent Work for the Millennium Development Goals |
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| In response to critiques of MDG progress, author analyzes current work toward achieving the Goals. By Issac Hur. (10/20/2010) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Sir Richard Jolly about his book UN Ideas That Changed the World and the United Nations’ role in Development. By Giulia Frontini (05/13/2010) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with the U.N. Foundation's Gillian Sorensen about the future of the United Nations and the implications of a new U.S. president. By Alexander Jackson (05/13/2008) |
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| IA-Forum discusses issues surrounding the United Nations with Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation and national advocate on U.N.-related issues. By S.R. Brophy. (7/27/2007) |
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| Event Transcript The Future of the United Nations |
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| Transcript of event with Gillian Sorensen, Special Advisor, UN Foundation. Held at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. (08/01/2007) |
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| IA-Forum discusses UN leadership with Mr. Stanley Meisler, author of the books "Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War" and "United Nations: The
First Fifty Years." By Jason Miks. (IA-Forum, 2/21/2007) |
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| Intenational Affairs Forum Interview: Peter Beinart and Scott McConnell |
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| Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of the New Republic and Scott McConnell, current editor of The American Conservative, discuss questions about the UN and US foreign policy. By Jason Miks. (IA-Forum, 11/13/2006 and 11/18/2006) |
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| International Affairs Forum Interview: Professor Madhav Das Nalapat |
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| International Affairs Forum speaks with
Professor Madhav Das Nalapat, UNESCO
Peace Chair and Professor of Geopolitics at
the Manipal Academy of Higher Education and a former editor of the Times of India. By Jason Miks. (IA-Forum, 8/15/2006) |
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| A Defining Time for 21st Century American Leadership |
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| Remarks delivered by U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel to the Brooking Insitution about the Middle East crisis and US policy. (7/28/2006) |
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| IA-Forum Interview: Fmr. Ambassador David Shinn |
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| IA-Forum talks with Former Ambassador David Shinn about the Darfur situation. By Michael Loeb. (IA-Forum, 3/25/2006) |
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| IA-Forum Interview: Aleksander Gabelic |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Aleksander Gabelic,
adviser to H.E. Jan Eliasson (President of
the UN General Assembly) on UN relations with civil society. By Anna Larnefeldt. (IA-Forum, 3/23/2006) |
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| “Bold and achievable” –the challenge of UN Reform |
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| Reviews the UN-commissioned Sachs report, Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals' main controversial proposals and reform possibilities. By Ryan Gawn. (IA-Forum, 9/8/2005) |
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| IA-Forum Interview: Ambassador A. Gopinathan, |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Ambassador A. Gopinathan, Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. By Jason Miks. (IA-Forum, 8/16/2005) |
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| Total Peace: The U.N.’s Gift to Humanity in the 21st Century |
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| Presentation by Dr. Abdul Aziz Said at United Nations Day of Peace. (9/21/2004) |
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| Transcript of Bush's U.N. Address |
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| Transcript of President Bush's speech to the U.N. (9/21/ 2004) |
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| EDITORIALS |
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| Explores peacekeeping efforts by the African Union and United Nations; and provides a solution to optimize effectiveness in the short term. By Runa Reta. (09/20/2007) |
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| Deadline Approaching for Iranian Compliance with UN Resolution |
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| Analysis and commentary surrounding the deadline for Iranian compliance with United Nations (UN) Resolution 1737. By Stephanie Brophy. (IA-Forum, 02/07/2007) |
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| Japan’s Security Council Diplomacy |
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| Author discusses Japan's pursuit of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. By Jason Miks. (IA-Forum, 09/15/2006) |
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| “Le courage de nos différences” – summoning the courage to reform the UN |
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| UN summit is at risk of failure not because there are faulty proposals on the table, but because member states will accept their dilution in the name of a norm that has come to cripple the General Assembly. By Ryan Gawn. (IA-Forum, 9/11/2005) |
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| Keeping the Peace: Why the US shouldn't go it alone at the UN |
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| Author discusses the US short-term and long-term role in the UN. By Jason Miks. (8/11/2005) |
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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| Besides the well-known building in Manhattan, the UN has three other main HQs, one of them in Vienna, where nine important organisations do the practical work. By Anne-Cécile Robert (June 2012, Le Monde) |
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| As a holder of a temporary seat, Brazil can either facilitate or complicate consensus on the UN Security Council. Equally important, Brazil will play a role in ensuring that sanctions against Iran, if passed, get implemented successfully. By Matias Spektor. (Foreign Affairs - 03/04/2010) |
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| Efforts by the Chadian and Sudanese governments to mend their relations will only have a positive impact on the security situation in Darfur if each government takes positive steps to resolve their internal conflicts, which are primarily rooted in ethnic and racial antagonism. By Amanda Hsiao. (EnoughProject.org - 02/17/2010) |
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| The assumption that nuclear weapons are indispensable to keeping the peace is crumbling, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. He presents five-point plan to achieve his goal. (Project Syndicate, 08/08/2009) |
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| Kenneth Pollack addresses the talks between the P5 plus 1 debating the position Iran took in the talks. By Kenneth Pollack (Brookings Institute, 10/02/2009 |
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| A summary (with a transcript attached) of Richard Barrett's address to the UN Security Council concerning the threats of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 10/01/2009) |
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| The author examines different approaches countries view as necessary towards handling Iran and North Korea. By Mark Landler (Ny Times, 9/21/2009) |
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| The United Nations system faces a record budget deficit for 2009. The instable and unpredictable funding system of voluntary contributions jeopardizes the work of the UN and contradicts the long-term approach of sustainable development. By Conor Foley (Global Policy, 07/22/2009). |
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| It is time to begin the restructuring of our global economic and financial system, in ways that ensure that the fruits of prosperity are more widely shared and that the system is more stable. By Joseph Stiglitz (ZNet, 06/27/2009) |
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| We must think about and work to advance the sustainability agenda for what it really is: a prosperity agenda, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (Project Syndicate, 05/22/2009) |
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| Originally published in the New York Times, this article examines the detrimental effects of the UN valuing security over justice. Cambodia provides the example. By Elizabeth Becker. (Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/14/2009) |
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| Sri Lanka's government rejected U.N. allegations that soldiers had killed more than 2,800 civilians as unsubstantiated and based on sources allied with the LTTE. (Daily Mirror, 03/14/2009) |
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| For many climate-change experts, the Copenhagen summit was something of a failure. In order to make real progress on pressing climate issues, policymakers must give up on a binding deal and begin to look outside the UN process. By Michael Levi. (Foreign Affairs - 02/22/2010) |
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| The sclerosis in the United Nations Security Council is characteristic of a body in desperate want of renovation, says Carne Ross of Independent Diplomat. (Open Democracy, 11/13/2008) |
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| Since 1995, the proportion of women entering politics has risen by seven percent. A study released by the UN Development Fund for Women analyzes the issues and reasons why more women worldwide have taken a proactive approach in politics and decision-making.
By Neil MacFarquhar. (The New York Times, 9/18/08) |
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| Article in which the interviewer has a discussion with the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations about U.S. interests, global leadership, and voluntary contributions at the UN.
By Shiyin Wang. (The Brown Journal of World Affairs, 5/22/08) |
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| The success and effects of UN peacebuilding and democratisation efforts are surveyed. By Katarina Ammitbøll and Stina Torjesen (NUPI, 08/23/2007) |
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| Detractors often call the United Nations a "talking shop". But the real UN, almost invisible to the general public, is the action-oriented UN. By Ban Ki Moon (International Herald Tribune, 06/16/2008) |
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| The author describes Zimbabwe’s appointment to the head of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and explains why this is problematic given the current state of affairs in the African nation. By Roger Bate. (The American, 5/15/2007) |
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| e.g., Document published by the UN that desribes their official stance on Human Rights. (United Nations, 10/12/1948) |
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| Authors argue that the future of the International Criminal Court hinges on how the international community, and in particular the UN Security Council, responds to the reaction of the Sudanese government to the decision to prosecute those accused of atrocities in Darfur. By Nick Grono and Donald Steinberg (International Crisis Group, 3/7/07) |
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| The authors propose a 'Concert of Democracies' as a more effective multilateral tool for dealing with 21st Century security threats than the UN. By Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay (The American Interest, 1/1/2007) |
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| On-line debate featuring Joshua Muravchik, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Lee Feinstein, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and International Law. (Council on Foreign Relations, 09/29/2006) |
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| The author suggests how the United Nations should deal with Myanmar’s military junta. (International Herald Tribune, 9/26/2006) |
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| The authors note that the global trade in light arms has undermined United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fueled violence elsewhere in the world. By Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Rachel Stohl and Mgmt. Design. (New York Times, 9/5/2006) |
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| The author writes that despite plans for Congo's first legitimate election Sunday, enabled by the United Nations, the UN's role in Congo is hardly uncontroversial, with UN peacekeeping troops participating in a recent massacre of civilians in Eastern Congo. By Aidan Hartley. (New York Times, 7/28/2006) |
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| In a little-publicized but significant turnabout, US officials met with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan last week to ask him to convene international meetings to discuss a compact for building stability in Iraq. By Richard Holbrooke. (Washington Post, 6/28/2006) |
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| Discusses the prospects for NATO intervention in Darfur, and argues that it is our moral responsibility. (The New Republic, 6/12/06) |
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| After fifty years and more than two trillion dollars in aid, the West has strikingly little to show for its efforts in alleviating global poverty. Why has foreign aid so often failed to achieve results—and how can it be fixed? AEI panel discussion with William Easterly and Adam Lerrick. (AEI, 04/25/2006 - Transcript Link) |
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| Dr. Gary K. Busch writes about France's duplicitous actions in promoting continued conflict within the Ivory Coast. (Dr. Gary K. Busch, 3/7/06) |
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| The authors urge the UN to undergo reforms because they say it has become more of a political battleground than a force for change. By Jimmy Carter, Óscar Arias, Kim Dae Jung, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu. (New York Times, 3/5/2006) |
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| Dr. Gary K. Busch debunks commonly held misconceptions about the role of the UN and African Union in the Ivory Coast. (Dr.Gary K. Busch, 1/31/06) |
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| The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke of his vision for a reformed UN, stating that the organization must engage people as well as governments if it is to fulfill its mission and be relevant to humanity throughout this century. (World Economic Forum, 1/27/2006) |
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| The situation in Darfur is worse than ever, the secretary general of the UN writes. By Kofi Annan. (Washington Post, 1/25/2006) |
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| Within this article, Dr. Gary K. Busch presents a different side of the conflict in the Ivory Coast. Mr. Busch asserts that French efforts are a form of neocolonialism, which are intended to prevent the democratically elected President Laurent Gbagbo from consolidating his government's democratically mandated control over the country (Dr. Gary K. Busch, 1/19/06). |
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| A new report commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme is urging the Chinese government to focus on giving migrant workers and farmers a fair chance. (China Daily, 12/17/2005) |
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| This article focuses on the growing anti-globalization fervor of many throughout the world. The protests in Hong Kong were the latest of protests of this type that has been occuring more frequently in recent years.
(The BBC News; 12/13/2005/ no registration or fees required) |
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| The author writes that the nightly riots spreading across France have little to do with Islam, but reflect the ongoing alienation of the society's underclass. By Olivier Roy. (New York Times, 11/9/2005; registration not required; fee $3.95). |
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| The United Nations expects Iraq's parliament to review rules on a forthcoming constitutional referendum after the world body criticized a decision making it harder to block the charter, a U.N. official said on Tuesday. (New York Times, 10/4/05) |
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| A Taiwanese official claims that Japanese support is needed not only to help Taiwan gain an active UN role, but also for the sake of the region's stability. (Taipei Times, 9/19/05) |
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| Discusses diplomatic attempts of denuclearization of North Korea. By Nicholas Eberstadt. (AEI 8/09/05) |
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| Discusses the humanitarian view of the conflict between North Korea and South Korea. By Nicholas Eberstadt. (AEI 8/03/05) |
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks with Jim Lehrer about the North Korea six-party talks, Iraq, and the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. by Jim Lehrer (Online NewsHour, 28 Jul 2005.) |
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| Discusses Zimbabwe's recent political policies with the UN. By Roger Bate. (AEI 7/26/05) |
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| Discusses Zimbabwe's President Mugabe's actions during elections, relations with the G8, relations with the UK, and relations with the UN. Discusses the G8By Roger Bate. (AEI 7/25/05) |
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| Discusses UN policy reform in perspective to Israel, and to prevent anti-Israeli sentiments in the Middle East. By Newt Gingrich, Peter Oppenheim. (AEI 7/22/05) |
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| Newt Gingrich discusses various UN reforms from his point of view. By Newt Gingrich. (AEI 7/21/05) |
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| In this article, Warren Hoge reports on the vaious attempts to expand the security council, in particualr the proposal prepared by the G-4 nations of Brazil, India, Japan and Germany. Hoge writes that their proposition faces heavy opposition both from the United States and other developing nations who are also looking for permanent seats on the security council. (New York Times, 7/15/2005) |
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| A former assistant secretary of state for Europe, currently director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, analyses the US's stance toward Germany's aspirations for a permanent seat on the Security Council. By James Dobbins (FT, July 13 2005 - no subscription required on day of publication). |
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| This Congress directed study by a twelve member bipartisan group (established by the U.S. Institute of Peace,) assesses reforms which would not only strengthen the UN but also allow it to better fulfill its 1945 charter. By Task Force on the United Nations (U.S. Institute of Peace, 15/06/2005.) |
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| ROUND TABLE FORUM |
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| European leaders have endorsed a call by the United Nations for a military force to quell the escalating conflict in Lebanon by establishing a buffer zone. U.S. officials question whether such a force could contribute much in quelling the conflict, much less lead to the eventual disarmament of Hezbollah or its Iranian and Syrian support being cut off. Would a UN military force be effective in de-escalating the conflict, fan the flames, or just become a tool of the extremists in the region? (7/26/2006) |
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