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Relevance of the UN in 21st Century

We have reached a fork in the road and more critically, if member states won’t make a decision or prefer to keep the status quo, then history will make the decision for all of us. – Kofi Annan. The primary purpose of the establishment of the United Nations was to save the world from another […]

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China’s move on JeM chief Masood Azhar’s reflecting UN’s handicap

  -Aman Baldia If you are a follower of International Affairs, a major story that would have caught your attention in the beginning of November was China blocking the bid of India and later that of US, France, and the UK to get Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar declared as a UN-designated terrorist in the United […]

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Of Climbers and Fallers: How the Election of Dalveer Bhandari is Part of a Power Game

By Jitendra Nath Misra Short of a political tsunami, a failure of State or a devastating natural calamity, change in the international system tends to be incremental. Dalveer Bhandari’s victory over Christopher Greenwood at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is exactly the sort of gradual change which occurs when established and rising powers jostle. […]