The winner of the 2012 presidential election will continue to rely on the UN as a foreign policy tool to serve U.S. interests, but navigating...
Speaker: Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Meetings & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2011
CFR's Stewart M. Patrick discussed the findings of his recent Council Special Report "UN Security Council Enlargement and U.S. Interests,” coauthored with Kara C. McDonald, with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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