Lecture | LUCIR lecture + Q&A
How the Veto Powers of the Permanent UNSC Members are Destabilising Global Security
- Date
- Wednesday 22 January 2025
- Time
- Location
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Wijnhaven
Turfmarkt 99
2511 DP The Hague - Room
- 3.48
About the lecture
How are permanent members of the UN Security Council destabilizing global security? Dr. Robert Patman, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Otago, will explain how permanent members’ deployment of their veto power within the UN system undermines international security.
All are welcome, especially students and faculty members with a broad interest in global governance & international order, historically and in the present. There's no registration needed.
About Dr. Robert Patman
Robert Patman is one of the University of Otago’s Inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chairs and a specialist in international relations. He is the Director of the Master of International Studies programme. Robert has authored or edited 14 books with the most recent being a co-edited volume titled New Zealand’s Foreign Policy under the Jacinda Ardern Government: Facing the Challenge of a Disrupted World (World Scientific Publishing, March 2024). He is currently writing a book on Rethinking the Global Impact of 9/11. Robert is an Honorary Professor of the New Zealand Defence Command and Staff College and makes regular contributions to the national and global media on international issues. He is also the winner of the New Zealand Universities’ 2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.
