“The UN in its 8th Decade: Constructing a Balance Sheet” is on March 7, 2017; Speaker Paul F. Diehl is Associate Provost, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas-Dallas.  Previously, he was Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and taught for the Campus Honors Program.  He served as President of the International Studies Association for the 2015-16 term.  His areas of expertise include the causes of war, UN peacekeeping, and international law.

Date:                      March 7, 2017

Time:                     4:00 p.m. 

Location:              Greg Hall Room 100, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana

Cost:                      Free and open to the public!

Sponsor:                Center for Global Studies

This talks will look at one of the key institutions in global governance, the UN.  The talk presents four different considerations or ways to consider the success or failures of the UN, as well as the limitations of each approach.