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Erik Brattberg, David Whineray
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In The Media
Letter: UN’s Mixed Performance on Covid-19 Is Fault of U.S. and China
The UN has shown itself unable to deliver a co-ordinated global response to what the UN secretary-general has termed the biggest global crisis since 1945.
Published on Apr 28, 2020
Source: Financial Times
Gideon Rachman’s excellent article (Opinion, April 28) identifies silver linings from Covid-19 at the UN on resolving conflicts. However, the UN’s wider, geopolitical performance is more mixed. The organisation has shown itself unable to deliver a co-ordinated global response to what the UN secretary-general has termed the biggest global crisis since 1945.
This article was orignally published by the Financial Times.
About the Author
David Whineray
Former Nonresident Fellow, Europe Program
David Whineray was a nonresident fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
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Recent Work
Political ReformEconomyTradeGlobal GovernanceForeign PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesEast AsiaChinaIran
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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