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What´s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It
Thomas G. Weiss
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Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century's world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today's UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the next generation of multilateral institutions. But what exactly is wrong with the UN that makes it incapable of confronting contemporary global challenges and, more importantly, can we fix it? ... Read more
Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century's world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today's UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the next generation of multilateral institutions. But what exactly is wrong with the UN that makes it incapable of confronting contemporary global challenges and, more importantly, can we fix it? ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
What's Wrong?
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509507443
SKU
V9781509507443
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About Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.
Reviews for What´s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It
An indispensable guide for understanding both the pathology and the promise of the United Nations: love for the UN doesn't come any tougher. Tom Weiss has been a keen observer and sophisticated analyst of the UN system for decades whose deep expertise is put to good use in this seminal contribution to diagnosing what ails the world organization and prescribing ... Read more