Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center; Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; and Global Eminent Scholar at Korea's Kyung Hee University. His recent books include "The 'Third' United Nations" (with Tatiana Carayannis).
- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • September 26, 2023
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Parachuting into the frenzy of Manhattan’s East Side last week exposed the usual traffic snarls and not-so diplomatic cacophony about the United Nations. The noise included hackneyed pleas to alter the Security Council, often mixed with calls to draft a …
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 26, 2023
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“Ukraine Week” at the United Nations, marking the sad end of the first year of Russia’s illegal war, culminated in a resounding General Assembly vote against Russia’s recolonization — 141 countries demanded withdrawal versus Moscow and only six major recipients …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • June 16, 2021
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António Guterres soon will be recrowned Secretary-General after Manhattan’s five-member Electoral College, the permanent members of the Security Council, send its recommendation to the General Assembly for a ceremonial vote. In 2016, his election was an unusually transparent process — …
- Categories: OPINIONS, SDGs, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss
- • October 19, 2020
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This week we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the Covid-19 pandemic highlights our interdependence and the need for global cooperation. Enthusiasm for it, however, is in short supply amid deteriorating Washington-Beijing relations, Brexit and rising populisms. …
- Categories: Climate Change, Covid-19, Governance, Health and Population, OPINIONS
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- Thomas G. Weiss
- • June 2, 2020
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Seventy-five years ago this month, delegates in San Francisco signed the United Nations Charter. Anniversary events were supposed to culminate in the commemoration of the entry into force of the world organization’s constitution on Oct. 24. That, of course, was …
- Categories: UN75, US-UN Relations
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- Thomas G. Weiss
- • April 15, 2020
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CHICAGO — American cities have an intimate association with the United Nations. That relationship started in San Francisco 75 years ago later this month and continues today and, one hopes, tomorrow in the New York and Washington headquarters for the …
- Categories: Covid-19, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • September 18, 2018
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Was it only two years ago that so many people were elated by the appointment of António Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations? After public debates organized by the president of the General Assembly and informal ones by the …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • December 7, 2017
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GENEVA — Change is in the air again on First Avenue. Among numerous reform options being bandied about, none will be more consequential than those on financing the United Nations system. There are the sledgehammer arguments: drastic slashes in funding …
- Categories: UN Agencies
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- Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • May 14, 2017
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There is an ongoing process of change in the United Nations development system, albeit a slow one given the size of the challenges. At the country level, more UN country teams (UNCTs) are endorsing the principles of Delivering as One, …
- Categories: Development, SDGs
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- Opinion by Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 27, 2017
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GENEVA — Whether or not he is a fan of Chinese characters, António Guterres will have to discover the double meaning of a crisis as opportunity. United Nations corridors on First Avenue in New York are buzzing with anxiety about …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
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- Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • January 19, 2017
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António Guterres, the new United Nations secretary-general, was chosen on merit and takes over the UN during an especially turbulent period and after a decade of low-key leadership and low staff morale. The “first” UN of governments includes the five …
- Categories: Secretary-General
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- Fiona Curtin, Thomas G. Weiss and Stephen Browne
- • April 3, 2016
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The results of the latest FUNDS survey of global experts, conducted during the winter of 2015-16, contains clear messages about the next United Nations secretary-general: s/he should be a world leader with integrity and political courage who will prioritize UN …
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • June 9, 2015
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The 70th anniversary of the signing and entry into force of the United Nations Charter should draw attention to the 1942-45 United Nations Alliance that gave rise to the world body and the underpinnings of contemporary global governance. While anniversaries are …
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • December 9, 2014
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GENEVA — For only the second time — the first was in 1996 — the electoral campaigns for the American president and the United Nations secretary-general are running in parallel. Both promise to be long and protracted. Each already has …
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- Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • August 22, 2014
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One year ago, the report of a high-level panel of world leaders and renowned development specialists proposed 12 goals and 50 indicators for the United Nation’s post-2015 agenda. These were already unwieldy numbers, but after a year and a half …
- Categories: Development
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