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Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Distinguished Fellow, Global Governance, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Distinguished Fellow, Global Governance, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
COVID-19

Can the “Third UN” Reimagine Post-Covid Global Cooperation?

October 19, 2020 
by Tatiana Carayannis  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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. Throughout its history, the UN has confronted bureaucratic challenges and radical changes in world …

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UN75

Will the UN Make It to 100?

June 2, 2020 
by Thomas G. Weiss
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 before Covid-19 turned the world upside-down. Like school and university commencements, the UN’s celebration …

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COVID-19

A Plea for Multilateralism From the Windy City

April 15, 2020 
by Thomas G. Weiss
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 UN and the Bretton Woods institutions. Chicago is my sabbatical base and an intriguing …

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WORLDVIEWS

The UN Is Under Siege, So Where Is the Secretary-General?

September 18, 2018 
by Thomas G. Weiss
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 1-for-7-Billion “Find the Best UN Leader” coalition, he emerged as the top candidate in …

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An SDG Fund: Supporting the 2030 UN Development Agenda

May 14, 2017 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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, which have spread from the original eight pilot countries. There is evidence of more …

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WORLDVIEWS

Advice to António Guterres: A Leaner UN Could Be a Better UN

March 27, 2017 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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 the possibility of impending cuts in funding from the United States, with hints from …

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The UN’s Ninth Secretary-General Takes Office Amid Loud Calls for Change

January 19, 2017 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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 veto-wielding members of the Security Council (P-5) that are stoking conflict, flouting international humanitarian …

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Next Best in 2016? The UN Secretary-General Must Be a Reformer

December 9, 2014 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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 a growing slate of presumptive candidates pounding flesh and employing lobbyists. But the next …

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How Is the UN’s Development Machinery Perceived? Does Anyone Care?

August 22, 2014 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
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 of juggling and negotiations, member states in New York on the Open Working Group …

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WORLDVIEWS

The UN Development Program: A New Crisis or a New Opportunity?

June 10, 2014 
by Stephen Browne  and  Thomas G. Weiss
GENEVA — For those with longer memories, the latest dip in resources for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the staff cutbacks and restructuring announced by its administrator, Helen Clark, in May are merely the onset of another cycle, just in time for the agency’s 50th anniversary but part of its history since …

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The Business and Politics of Good Samaritans

March 30, 2013 
by Thomas G. Weiss
Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
“Humanitarian” and “business” are juxtaposed in the title of my new book, “Humanitarian Business,” for two reasons: provocation and accuracy. It jars those who idealize the humanitarian enterprise because the adjective has uncontested positive connotations while the noun is associated with wheeling and dealing and thus at odds with the self-image of true believers. …

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