More: United Nations
Happy 70th birthday, UN Charter!
On October 24th, 2015 the United Nations and its charter will be 70 years old. However, it was before October, more specifically on June...
Tackling inequality is key to the post-MDGs development agenda
Fairness and equal opportunity are vital to rich and developing countries alike, warns Jan Vandemoortele, who was among the architects of the UN’s Millennium...
State of confusion on the edge of total collapse
Four years of fighting and no concrete solutions coming from regional, international actors or organizations, not a single action and agreement reached so far...
Impotent leadership at the United Nations
The United Nations, an organization of governments created in 1945 following World War II, was meant to foster international cooperation between members and prevent...
The ever present world-system perspective within the UN ECOFIN
As the Political Economy World-System theory suggests, the world has a stratification system. In the world economy, class positions result in an unequal resources...
World powers must abandon double standard policies
Ms. Najiba Mustafayeva, PhD candidate in International Law, Expert at the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,...
The OIC Does Defend, Not Suppress, Freedom of Expression
On 12 January 2015, Robert C. Blitt wrote on the USA Today, “Powerful, mainstream Muslim groups must recognize they’re breeding religious intolerance”. He argued...
The UN Security Council Reform? – No tricks from the BRICS
Should Brazil (along with other BRICS members) continue to insist in the UN Security Council Reform? For a long time Brazil...
New Age Diplomacy
Emerging Diplomatic Trends: Diplomatic Fads for Solutions for Future Problems?High-profile political events and issues have many scholars, practitioners, and observers wondering how diplomatic approaches...
Syria: Talk is of peace but preparations are for war
With growing demands for the international community to arm and support Syrian opposition groups, a regional expert speaking at the World Economic Forum on...