Ralph Bunche Institute

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The Ralph Bunche Institute offers a wealth of research and public programming on international affairs, human rights, and conflict resolution.

Category: UAP Studies

United Nations Proposal to Appoint Expert Group to Study Nature and Origin of UFO’s

UAP Studies / UN-UAP Working Group

Source: United Nations Grenada proposed that the Secretary-General appoint a group of experts, under the aegis of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer

The United States and the Soviet Union Sign a Space Cooperation Agreement

UAP Official Reports

Text of the Agreement 50 Years Ago: The United States and the Soviet Union Sign a Space Cooperation Agreement During the 1960s, collaboration in the

Recording: The Reality of UFOs/UAP with Leslie Kean

UAP Studies

A conversation with Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean. Moderated by RBI acting director Eli Karetny.

Podcast: Are we entering an arms race in outer space? On the evolution of the US Space Force with the Council on Strategic Risks’ CEO Mallory Stewart

Archive / Podcast / UAP Studies

This week on International Horizons, RBI interim director Eli Karetny interviewed Mallory Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Strategic Risks. Stewart discusses the

Eli Karetny’s Recent Publication -Against World Order: Alien Threats and the American Katechon

Archive / UAP Studies

Eli Karetny, RBI Acting Director, just published an article in Frontiers of American Reaction on how Peter Thiel’s ideas about the Antichrist and potential alien

Event: The Reality of UFOs/UAP

Archive / Events / Featured / News / UAP Studies

May 6, 2026 6:00 PM | PROSHANSKY AUDITORIUM, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY. 365 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK, NY 10016 A presentation by journalist Leslie Kean who

Mike Cifone

UAP Advisors

Mike Cifone received his Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Maryland in 2009. His early research focused on the conceptual

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Eli Karetny

PhD in Political Science (CUNY Graduate Center)

Interim Director, Ralph Bunche Institute
Lecturer, Baruch College-CUNY
ekaretny@gc.cuny.edu
@ekaretny

Eli Karetny, JD, PhD, is the RBI’s interim director. Prior to taking on this role, he served as deputy director and head of programs and operations. Eli is the Principal Investigator on the Institute’s core research projects, he oversees relations with sponsors, liaises with university administration, and serves as the Institute’s grants director and financial officer. Eli also serves as the legal and financial advisor to the RBI’s Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) and the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (CSHGCAH), and is a member of the boards of both organizations.

After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, Eli completed his PhD in International Relations at the CUNY Graduate Center. His dissertation explored monarchic themes in the work of Leo Strauss, focusing especially on Nietzsche’s influence on Strauss’s view of the role of teachers and advisors as regime-changers. Eli teaches political theory and international relations at Baruch College-CUNY.

Eli is also researcher at the Hotam School of Anthroposophy and Kabbalah, which informs his interest in how esoteric wisdom influences human affairs. He is also an advisory board member of the Society for UAP Studies