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Would the World be Any Better Without the UN? with Prof. Thomas Weiss and Prof. Peter Hoffman

April 17, 2020March 23, 2021 By Eli Karetny Archive / Podcast

Episode Three of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizon, is out now.

This episode features Professor Thomas Weiss, Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute and Presidential Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Professor Peter Hoffman, Assistant Professor in The New School’s Graduate Programs in International Affairs, discussing the future of the UN, the nationalist revolt against multilateralism, and the renewed calls for global cooperation in the face of global problems such as the coronavirus.

You can listen to it on iTunes here, on Spotify here, or on Soundcloud below.

International Horizons – Ralph Bunche Institute · Episode 3: Would the World be Any Better Without the UN?

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John Torpey is Presidential Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author or editor of ten books, on topics ranging from East German dissidents and intellectuals, the invention of the passport and state practices in its use, reparations for historical injustices, transatlantic relations, and social and technological change throughout history. His writings have been translated into German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish. He has served in leadership positions for the Eastern Sociological Society, on the editorial boards of Theory and Society and the Journal of Human Rights, and as editor of a book series on “Politics, History, and Social Change,” as well as on review committees for many grant awards and book prizes. He writes a regular column for Forbes.com [forbes.com], and has commented for NPR’s “On the Media,” The Hill, OpenDemocracy, Huffington Post, the BBC, and many others.