Power Politics and the Humanitarian Impulse: the United Nations in the post-Cold War era

How can the UN’s mission to raise humanitarian standards find its way in a world dominated by security concerns and power competition?

Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and Development at King’s College, London.

The International Relations Department (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 87th year, making it one of the oldest as well as largest in the world.

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