The United Nations and Changing World Politics: Revised and Updated with a New Introduction

The revised and updated Introduction to this classic text situates the UN in substantially changing world politics, including:

• The election of the ninth Secretary-General, António Guterres;
• The burgeoning of “new nationalisms” worldwide, including most importantly in the Trump administration’s Washington, DC, and Brexit;
• The continuing proliferation of such non-state actors as ISIS and those in the “third UN,” including developmental and humanitarian NGOs.

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