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It’s ok to be a UN nerd

Vasif Huseynov (Goettingen): The Return of History: Growing Challenges for United Nations. Jamal Munshi (Sonoma State): The United Nations: An Unconstrained Bureaucracy. What can the United Nations do when its troops can’t, or won’t, protect civilians? Bryan R. Early and Mark T. Nance on how the U.N. is working to stop terrorists from getting weapons of mass destruction. Anthony Banbury: I love the U.N., but it is failing. It’s ok to be a UN nerd: An interview with Hayes Brown, world editor at Buzzfeed News. UN debate showcases new leadership and its woes: A new secretary-general will replace Ban Ki-moon in 2017 and those vying for the job face many challenges ahead. We’re ready for a Madam Secretary-General: Barbara Judge on why it’s time to hand Turtle Bay over to a woman. With pressure mounting for the next UN Secretary General to be a woman, is it too much to ask that she also be a feminist? Megan Roberts on five questions for the next SG.