Why Changing the Security Council Threatens Broader UN Reform
On 11 July the General Assembly of the United Nations opened the debate on reform of the UN Security Council. After a decade of informal discussion, debate has now started in earnest over what could lead to a radical change to the prestigious UN Security Council, the world body’s principal policy-making panel. Nearly all the [...]
¿Se dirige Irán hacia un enfrentamiento con Estados Unidos?
Con la elección del alcalde fundamentalista de Teherán como nuevo presidente de Irán, el establishment clerical de línea dura ha consolidado su poder en todas las ramas del Gobierno iraní, lo que mermará las posibilidades de reconciliación entre Irán y Estados Unidos. La elección de Mahmud Ahmadineyad como nuevo presidente de Irán centraliza el control [...]
Is Iran Heading Towards a Showdown with the United States?
With the election of Tehran’s fundamentalist mayor as Iran’s new president, the hard-line clerical establishment has consolidated its power in all branches of the Iranian government. This will undermine the chance for reconciliation between Iran and the United States. The election of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad as the new president of Iran centralises control of foreign policy [...]