The Future of the United Nations
Watch experts discuss the past, present, and future of the United Nations.
Speakers: Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University; Author, The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations
Stephen C. Schlesinger, Author, Act of Creation: The Founding Of the United Nations
James Traub, Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine; Author, The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in The Era Of American World Power
Presider: Warren M. Hoge, Foreign Affairs Correspondent at the United Nations, The New York Times
November 8, 2006
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Watch experts discuss the past, present, and future of the United Nations.
Paul Kennedy, Stephen Schlesinger, and James Traub discuss the past, present, and future of the United Nations.
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