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The Past and Future of the UN

September 21, 2020March 5, 2021 By Eli Karetny Archive / Podcast

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now. Today’s guest, Carrie Walling, Associate Professor of Political Science at Albion College in Michigan, discusses the past and future of the United Nations on the occasion of the 75^th anniversary of its founding in 1945.

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

International Horizons – Ralph Bunche Institute · The Past and Future of the UN

You can also find a transcript of the interview here.

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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.