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Event: The Origins and Future of the United Nations

Get Lukas Harrison Haynes’ book Peace Through Power here

Get Tapio Kaninnen and John Torpey’s book Revitalizing the United Nations here

Moderator

John Torpey, Director

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Presenters

Lukas Haynes, RBI Visiting Scholar, discussing Peace Through Power:

FDR’s Military Leaders and the Pragmatism of the UN Charter

Tapio Kanninen, RBI Senior Fellow, discussing Revitalizing the United Nations:

Making and Keeping the Peace

Commentators

Richard Gowan, International Crisis Group

Stephen Schlesinger, World Policy Institute (ret.)

Date and time

Monday, April 20, 2026 5-9:00pm

Wine and Cheese Reception to Follow

Place

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Room 5203

CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

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