Would the World Be Better Without the UN?
GC Professor Emerita Thomas Weiss discusses his new book presenting the challenges facing the United Nations on the International Horizons podcast.
Professor Thomas Weiss, Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute and Presidential Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY, discusses the future of the United Nations, the nationalist revolt against multilateralism, and the renewed calls for global cooperation in the face of global problems such as the coronavirus. In conversation with Professor Peter Hoffman, Assistant Professor in The New School's Graduate Programs in International Affairs.
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