Sneak Preview: How is China Influencing the UN?

Political Scientist Rajan Menon weighs in on what China is doing at the United Nations.

As attention descends on the United Nations General Assembly, some are wondering whether the world still needs this nearly 76-year-old organization. The UN’s defenders point to its promotion of peace and stability in an increasingly fractured political landscape, its devotion to human rights, its addressing of climate change, its commitment to multilateralism, and its widespread delivery of humanitarian aid. But critics question its usefulness in addressing a radically different global environment, critique its promotion of globalism, and cite corruption and a lack of accountability with regard to the very populations the body is charged with helping. On September 17, in partnership with Foreign Affairs, nonpartisan debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. addresses these questions in a new debate on the motion “The United Nations Is Obsolete.”

FOR THE MOTION

Rajan Menon: Political Scientist & International Relations Professor Author, The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention

Nile Gardiner: Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation

AGAINST THE MOTION

Angela Kane: German Diplomat & Former UN Official

Mohammad-Mahmoud Mohamedou: Scholar & Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania

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