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March 06, 2013 1:20 PM
How Hugo Chavez Impacted Voting in the United Nations
Hugo Chavez was, to put it mildly, no fan of U.S. foreign policy. One of his favored outlets to express those views was the United Nations General Assembly; most famously his 2006 speech in which he called George W. Bush...
February 07, 2012 9:05 AM
How Libya Did and Did Not Affect the Security Council Vote on Syria
The chorus of commentators who argue that Libya set a precedent that doomed UN Security Council action on Syria appears to be growing. Here is Steve Walt in Foreign Policy, Joshua Foust in the Atlantic, Jack Goldsmith in Lawfare, building...