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The United Nations in Hindsight: The Long and Winding Road to Security Council Reform

The UN Security Council's inability to address Russia's war against Ukraine has generated renewed interest in ideas for Security Council reform -- but "the path to reform may be…

Організація Об’єднаних Націй в ретроспективі: виклики для права вето в Раді Безпеки ООН

"Право вето, надане державам Статутом Організації Об’єднаних Націй, за винятком власне постійності…

The United Nations in Hindsight: Challenging the Power of the Security Council Veto

Understanding the new U.N. General Assembly resolution — in light of historical uses of the veto power and previous efforts to curtail it.
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5 and Counting: Russia Vetoes No-Fly-Zone in the Security Council

Over the weekend, Russia exercised its veto—again and unsurprisingly—to block a draft Security Council resolution (S/2016/846) that would have created a no-fly-zone over the…
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A False Choice on Guantánamo Closure

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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After the NDAA Veto: Now What?

This time, he’s serious. After all these years of unexecuted veto threats, on October 22, 2015, President Obama finally vetoed the $612 billion National Defense and Authorization…
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