Cristina Petcu

Research Analyst Global Governance, Justice & Security at The Stimson Center

Cristina Petcu is a research analyst at the Stimson Center's Global Governance, Justice and Security program.

Making the UN More Relevant Is Within Our Reach

• June 21, 2021

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change crises, extremist violence and social unrest, the specter of cross-border economic shocks and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, the UN75 Declaration, adopted by world leaders last September, was an important first step in bolstering the case for the United Nations’ ability to cope with huge challenges …

Governance, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS

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UN75

The UN-75 Declaration, a Daring Commitment for a More Perfect World

Richard Ponzio and Cristina Petcu

• June 23, 2020

On the heels of the 1930s Great Depression and in the midst of global turmoil — World War II — leaders from the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom gathered in 1944 at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., to consider a new postwar international architecture to succeed …

Climate Change, Governance, Secretary-General, UN75

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WORLDVIEWS

It’s Coming Soon: Can the UN Rethink Its Future in One Year?

Richard Ponzio and Cristina Petcu

• June 25, 2019

A year from now, on June 26, 2020, the international community will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter. That doesn’t leave much time to hammer out a “concise, substantive, forward-looking and unifying declaration” that captures member states’ commitment to multilateralism and to the UN before the world leaders …