International Organizations and Diplomacy
Week 4: The United Nations and its challenges
The
goal of this teaching unit is to better understand the role of the UN in
the 21st century.
Each student is
supposed to:
- check his/her
knowledge on the UN through a UN quiz (see the hand-out in the Study Materials in the IS)
- read the assigned reading: Mingst, Karen A., Margaret P. Karns and Alynna J.
Lyon. 2016. The United Nations in the 21st Century.
London and New York: Routledge
(see the Study Materials in the IS)
- think
through
several key dilemmas that the UN is facing in the 21st century (see the Powerpoint presentation in the Study Materials in the IS)