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After 50 Years of UN Sanctions, Is the System Broken?

December 12, 2017December 1, 2017 by Enrico Carisch and Loraine Rickard-Martin

With only few of the current United Nations sanctions cases accomplishing their political objectives, it is not unreasonable to wonder why the system seems broken. As the 50th anniversary of the first use of this important political tool is duly noted, the short answer is that nothing is wrong with sanctions. The problem is with the … Read more

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Nobelist, Named Deputy President

November 16, 2014July 4, 2013 by Barbara Crossette

After a week of political jockeying involving Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mahmud Mansour, the country’s military and a radical Islamist party that refused to accept Mohamed ElBaradei as prime minister, the former head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency was finally appointed deputy president for foreign affairs on July 9. In a compromise, … Read more

After 50 Years of UN Sanctions, Is the System Broken?

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Nobelist, Named Deputy President

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