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Watching and Waiting for India's Next Contrary Move

By Barbara Crossette | Jul 29, 2011

For those who have joined the debate over which nations should get permanent Security Council seats in any future enlargement, 2011 is an unusually interesting year. The diplomatic performances of several leading contenders for permanent membership are on display among the council’s nonpermanent members.

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Revisiting the Early-History Pages of the UN

By Laura Trevelyan | Jun 20, 2011

Dan Plesch’s book, “America, Hitler and the UN,” is something of a historical revelation. First school, then university and then four years covering the United Nations itself taught me that it was created by the victorious Allies at the end of World War II, not in the middle.

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Germany Rising, the Horn of Africa and Nonproliferation

By Dulcie Leimbach | Feb 01, 2011

What hot topics did the editors of “Great Decisions 2011,” a book published this month by the Foreign Policy Association, deem worthy of attention this year for American policy makers and others who want to remain in the know?

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Nobody Said That Giving Would Be Easy

By Mark Turner | Nov 09, 2010

There is a regular three-phase cycle that professionals face when encountering the world of humanitarian aid. The first phase is the flush of optimistic discovery – a conviction that aid is a purely noble endeavor; that lives will be saved, situations improved and the world made a better place.

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The Many Adventures of Editing a UN Encyclopedia

By Helmut Volger | Oct 12, 2010

There it sat in January 2010: the second edition of the Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations, its 900-page-plus contributions written by an idealistic bunch of UN people, as I like to call all those who work at the UN or do research on it -- and just a free copy of the book as their reward.

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For These Founders, the Empire Mattered the Most

By Warren Hoge | Jul 13, 2010

At a farewell reception two years ago for under secretary for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, he was asked what had surprised him the most during his eight years in the post. “The importance of national sovereignty,” he answered.

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