Event Date: March 9, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: FSS 4006

Registration: Eventbrite

Presented by CIPS

In 2022, the UN Security Council proved unable to prevent or reverse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Some analysts predicted paralysis for the Security Council over this ongoing breach of international law by a permanent member, or, as one member said on the eve of the invasion, the “deathbed” for multilateralism.  At the same time, the Council’s failure has inspired member states to advocate more strongly for its reform.  This talk will review and contextualise developments in the Security Council over the past year, and set out where the reform agenda stands. 

This event will take place in English.

Guest Speaker:

Karin Landgren is the Executive Director of the independent think tank Security Council Report, which analyzes developments in the UN Security Council.  She is a former UN under-secretary-general with extensive experience in conflict and post-conflict settings, and the first woman to have headed three UN peace operations (in Liberia, Burundi and Nepal).  She began her career with UNHCR, working principally in Asia and Africa, and subsequently joined UNICEF as chief of child protection.

Moderator:

Alexandra Gheciu is a Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Associate Director of the Centre for International Policy Studies. Her research interests are in the fields of international security, international institutions, Euro-Atlantic relations, global governance and the liberal order, the Global Right, state (re)building, and International Relations theory.