Exploring the selection process for the next UN Secretary-General and analyzing the current state of the race.
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Examining recent trends in global arms trade transparency and identifying opportunities to strengthen reporting and transparency under the Arms Trade Treaty.
As the race tightens to elect the next Secretary-General of the UN, a Stimson series with leading candidates explores the future of multilateral cooperation at a critical period in the UN’s history.
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“It is not a question of whether we need the UN. It’s a question of what type of UN we need.”
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“If the UN did not exist today, we would have to create it. Not because multilateralism is an abstract ideal, but because the problems governments and people face do not respect borders.”
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“When we look at a map of world conflict, we see an unfortunate common denominator, that the UN is absent in the resolutions of the most pressing of these conflicts.”
As the race tightens to elect the next Secretary-General of the UN, a Stimson series with leading candidates explores the future of multilateral cooperation at a critical period in the UN’s history.
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In his latest explainer, Senior Fellow and Global Governance, Justice & Security Program Director Richard Ponzio explores the selection process for the next UN Secretary-General and analyzes the current state of the race.
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“I know the UN well enough to defend it and also to know what you need to change about it.”
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“If the UN did not exist today, we would have to create it. Not because multilateralism is an abstract ideal, but because the problems governments and people face do not respect borders.”
Event Recording
“It is not a question of whether we need the UN. It’s a question of what type of UN we need.”
Event Recording
“When we look at a map of world conflict, we see an unfortunate common denominator, that the UN is absent in the resolutions of the most pressing of these conflicts.”
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Inspired by a recent Stimson publication, our July 7 event tackled a deceptively simple but critical question: Was the Iran war worth it?
Experts assessed whether the US achieved its stated objectives, weighing the conflict’s military, economic, and strategic costs, and examining its lasting implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Looking beyond the immediate aftermath, the panel explored the conflict’s overlooked second-order effects and the lessons that should shape future American decisionmaking.
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John Hudson, National security reporter, Washington Post
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Evaluating whether the Iran War is a case of alliance entanglement by the United States’ Middle East allies.
COMMENTARY
The war on Iran has strengthened hardline forces against reformists already weakened by the system, their own failings, and a dwindling middle class.
COMMENTARY
The first job is to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz through a mutually acceptable process.
COMMENTARY
Only decisive actions from the new government that ensure energy independence and state sovereignty can save Iraq from an impending crisis with far-reaching consequences
Natika Kantaria
Chanuk Thang
Juan Carlos Navarro and Francisco Sagasti
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