Crafting a new global order? The United Nations and international politics in the 1990s

Wednesday 30 October, 17:00-16:15
Oxford Martin School and online
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Crafting a new global order? The United Nations and international politics in the 1990s
with Professor Fabian Klose (Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders)

The 1990s are pivotal for understanding the mobilisation of the international system in the face of significant geopolitical upheaval and different types of global shock.

After the end of the Cold War, this decade marks the beginning of a quest for a new global order. New visions of global governance emerged, which were based on a redefinition of fundamental principles such as peace, security, sovereignty and the idea of responsibility. However, these developments were overshadowed by mass violence, ethnic cleansing, genocide and the failures of the international community to prevent them.

Fabian Klose is the Chair of International History and Historical Peace and Conflict Research at the University of Cologne and Director of the newly founded Cologne Center for Advanced Studies in International History and Law (CHL).

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