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Everyone would benefit from a reinvigorated multilateral system. Dugan and Wagner provide a sharp analysis of the challenge this implies and make provocative recommendations for how to get there.
Georg Kell, founding Executive Director of the UN Global Compact
The book seeks not just to diagnose the dysfunctions of the current multilateral system, but to propose a pathway toward reform, accountability, and inclusiveness in an increasingly fragmented global order.
Chantale Wong, former US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank
This book reflects current discussions for making multilateralism work better going forward.
H.E. Mr. Han Seung-soo, President of the UN General Assembly (56th Session)
and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
An awesome achievement. What makes this book so impactful is that it contains specific, accountable, and achievable solutions.
Price Lowenstein, founding CEO of Sovereign Risk Insurance
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A must-read for understanding the right framework for engagement with multilateral organizations, while demanding the reforms that recognize America's leadership position on the global stage.
John Ullyot, former Deputy Assistant to President Trump and National Security Council chief spokesman
A timely and incisive critique of the global governance architecture and a compelling call to reimagine how nations cooperate. A vital framework for the future of global order.
Robert Bestani, former Director General, Asian Development Bank
Books
Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making
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AI Supremacy
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Decision-Making in the Polycrisis Era
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Articles
Multilateral Development Banks At A Crossroads
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Is the UN Pulling Its Weight, or Just Getting Heavier?
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Multilateral Development Banks Need Serious Reform
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Global South
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The C Suite and Country Risk
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UN watchdog project calls on DOGE Caucus to 'audit' the International org
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The United Nations Needs DOGE Even More Than the US Government
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DOGE Cuts Deliver Final Blow to Numerous UN Operations
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Risk Agility and Decision-Making in the 21st Century
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UN prepping for spending cuts as DOGE roots out waste in US, internal docs show
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Pause in US foreign aid has UN in panic over funding cuts, Trump says world body 'not..
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Trump, the UN and the art of the deal: Could the world body be Doge's next victim?
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MDBs and the Climate Finance Challenge
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Former US diplomat in bid to 'DOGE' the UN
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Risk Agility and Decision-Making in the 21st Century
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Former Trump official calls UN reform effort as years too late
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Reading List
Crunch time for Waltz’s UN nomination
🇺🇳🇻🇦Pope Leo: The UN has lost its ability to deal with world crises
In interview with Crux correspondent, Pope talks Ukraine, synodality, polarization, World Cup
At the Coming U.N. Leaders Meetings: Existential Questions on the U.S. Role, Israel-Palestine, and the U.N. Itself
Historic Pocket Rescission Package Eliminates Woke, Weaponized, and Wasteful Spending
China’s delayed payments fuel UN funding crisis
Richard Gowan (Crisis Group): “Morale at the UN is below zero”
Washington’s Multilateral Retreat Creates an Opening for State and Local Leaders
The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over
How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.
Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N.
Trump’s U.N. Speech to Tout Achievements at a Place Where He Has Given Up Influence
America’s Infuriating and Irreplaceable Role at the U.N.
Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's U.N. ambassador after months of delays - CBS News
Three crises and an opportunity: Europe’s stake in multilateralism | ECFR
Mexico and Norway Promote Coalition to Defend Multilateral Cooperation
The UN at 80: Broke, blocked and still indispensable | Lowy Institute
Global Governance Initiative: a new era for multilateralism and the Global South
UN faces $500m budget cut and 20% job losses after big drop in US funding
U.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’
The Reading List: The elephant in the room at UNGA
FCDO cuts “a gift to China and Russia" at the UN
Africa, the United Nations shifting geopolitical order | Daily Nation
UNGA80: Trump Returns to the UN, Rattling a Multilateral Order in Decline
Multilateralism: No Longer a Crisis but Sadly, ‘Just Kinda Fading Away’
The World Sees Hope for a Two-State Solution. Israelis and Palestinians See None.
Trump’s U.N. Speech to Tout Achievements at a Place Where He Has Given Up Influence
Is the End of Multilateralism Near?
Participation in the Multilateral System Has Held Steady over the Past Decade, but the Future Is Uncertain
The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do
America’s Infuriating and Irreplaceable Role at the U.N.
The UN must get back in the ring and fight
Trump must make UN funding conditional on real reforms, ex-diplomat urges
Trump Not Seeking UN's End, He Wants Results
Trump Is Learning Geopolitics 101 in Real Time
Big foundations and nonprofits still flood to the sidelines of a diminished United Nations
The Real Cause of Trump’s 25-Year Vendetta Against the U.N.
Hugh Dugan Speaks on UN, Trump’s 'Catalytic Role' in Peace | NewsX World
World leaders laugh, squirm as Trump blasts UN on climate, Ukraine, Gaza at General Assembly
Waltz to root out antisemitism, eliminate 'woke' programs, get 'back to basics' at the United Nations
Waltz to root out antisemitism, eliminate 'woke' programs, get 'back to basics' at the United Nations
Rafael Mariano Grossi’s Post
UN cuts for 2026 mostly spare its elite, draft budget shows
How Trump’s UN Escalator-Gate Happened
UN chief António Guterres refuses to comment on editorial telling him to 'cut the crap' on PNG visit - ABC News
United Nations seen favorably by many across 25 countries | Pew Research Center
I Know the UN Inside and Out, and the World Still Needs It - PassBlue
Global Governance Initiative: addressing governance deficits and demonstrating China's sense of responsibility - People's Daily Online
Working together for a more just and equitable global governance system - People's Daily Online
BRICS reiterates its resolve to fight for multilateralism and democratic global trade : Peoples Dispatch
Building a multilateral coalition for global tech regulation
It's been 80 years since the United Nations was formed | WUNC
UNGA 2025: The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over
‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform | UN News
Allied Nations Gather to Discuss Future of Multilateral Defence Security Financing | Business Wire
Young UN trailblazers carving nation's path in world affairs
Ten Challenges for the UN in 2025-2026 | International Crisis Group
League of Nations Redux? Multilateralism in the Post-American World | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
UN Budget Restraint Requires Reducing UN Salaries | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
UN expert urges structural reforms to bridge North–South divide and strengthen multilateralism | OHCHR
What Future Is There for Davos if It Doesn't Grasp What's Truly Good and Just?
Crash-landing into the post-US world | The Strategist
Multilateralism under duress
link.foreignpolicy.com/view/644279c11a7f1f1e29ddafefoqmvy.ney/089a9cb9
Remarks at a Reception Highlighting the Priorities of the U.S. Delegation to UNGA 80
Postcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years - The New York Times
International Cooperation: Forum attendees commits to upholding true multilateralism
The big picture benefits of a UN headquarters in New York | Lowy Institute
At 80, the U.N. Doesn’t Need a Celebration — It Needs an Intervention - Modern Diplomacy
UN's Funding Crisis Predates Itself
SCO: multilateralism minus the West?
The United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a Shared Future in a New Geopolitical Era | Council of Councils
Multilateralism is an imperative of our time
Reclaiming multilateralism for a shared future
UNDP Evaluation Policy for 2025–2030
The End of the U.N.
Multilateral world order
Multilateralism: Its current challenges and way forward
The United Nations Turns Eighty: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2025)
Multilateralism Can Survive the Loss of Consensus
New Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means To ASEAN In A New Strategic Political Gambit – Analysis
The United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a New Geopolitical Era
The UN at Eighty:Multilateralism in Crisis - Lowy Institute
Is the EU forgoing multilateralism by striking a non-MFN deal with the U.S.?
World Trade Online But the U.S., other former trade negotiators contend, is a special case because it already has abandoned the multilateral system it was fundamental in ...
Eurasia Review New Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means To ASEAN In A New Strategic Political Gambit – Analysis.
Clarion call for safeguarding multilateral trade system for the common good of world: China Daily editorial
China Daily - Global Edition In their first-ever statement supporting the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its center, the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation ...
Takeaways: The Failure of Multilateral Institutions to Protect Women
Independent Women's Forum Sexual Violence and Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers Exposes Injustices. A 2024 report attributes over 100 allegations of sexual exploitation to UN ...
Other news in brief
KPMG International Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and UK-Hong Kong, UK-China, UK-Latvia Double Taxation Convention published · New Exchequer Secretary to ...
S.Korea seeks to join Japan-led CPTPP economic alliance amid Trump-era tariff risks
KED Global South Korea is seeking to join a 12-member multilateral economic and trade alliance led by Japan to hedge against intensifying US-China rivalry ...
From Addis to Belém: Is multilateralism back on track? - EnviroNews Nigeria
EnviroNews Nigeria ... multilateralism as aptly captured by the Mutirão vision. Noura Hamladji. Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework ...
China stresses peace and multilateralism
UN at 80: Still Vital Amid U.S. Friction and China’s Push for Reform, Says Expert | APT
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić to SINA Finance: Multilateralism Will Evolve, Not Disappear
The United Nations in Hindsight: The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative – What Lies Ahead?
UN faces dwindling clout and financial uncertainty after Trump cuts | AP News
The UN Between Decline and Renewal | Lawfare
UN Security Council Faces Dysfunction Amid Global Conflicts | Sweden Herald
UN80: From “Less-with-Less” to “More-with-Less”
UN Global Risk Report
Senior U.N. Officials Helped Taliban Extort Aid from U.S.-Backed NGOs, Government Watchdog Finds
Iranian President: Shanghai Summit Aims to Strengthen Multilateral Cooperation
China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order
How to overcome the crisis of peacebuilding and humanitarian assistance?
The World Has Changed, but Can the U.N.? Don’t Hold Your Breath.
Why The United Nations Is Bad For The World
The UN saved my family, now we must find the courage to save it
UN80 and the incredible shrinking United Nations | Devex
The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative – What Lies Ahead?
Trump leads global peace push as UN chief earns more but delivers fewer results | Fox News
Nations Must Make UN, IAEA Accountable / Newsmax
DOGE Cuts Deliver Final Blow to Numerous UN Operations - NewsBreak
DOGE Cuts Deliver Final Blow to various UN operations/ Dallas Morning Star
Commentary on DOGE-UN Views | LinkedIn
Former Trump official calls UN reform effort as years too late | Fox News
Trump, the UN and the art of the deal: Could the world body be Doge's next victim? | The National
Will DOGE cripple the UN's agencies? / France24 TV
DOGE Cuts Deliver Final Blow to Numerous UN Operations / MSN
Critics say UN’s global comms office promotes anti-Israel bias | Fox News
Trump urged by critics to reassess UN immunity and visa policies amid security risks | Fox News
UN watchdog project calls on DOGE Caucus to 'audit' the International org / FOX News
The United Nations needs DOGE even more than the US government - Washington Examiner
UN prepping for spending cuts as DOGE roots out waste in US, internal docs show| FOXNews
Pause in US foreign aid has UN in panic over funding cuts, Trump says world body 'not being well run' | FOXNews
DOGE's Further Federal Workforce Cuts | NewsX World
Former high-level United Nations officials to launch 'DOGE-UN' to highlight agency inefficiencies |
Do we still need the United Nations?
‘We will dismantle it’: Major Trump ally stuns with wild ‘global DOGE’ call | Weekly News
UN Can Be Wholly Effective by Doing What's Right |
Trump's UN ambassador pick Elise Stefanik could save taxpayers millions if taps Musk-Ramaswamy 'DOGE' |
UN Management Needs Reform | NHK TV (Tokyo)
DOGE-UN’s tweets on X
UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency | UN News
Alert: UN80 Initiative: What it is – and why it matters to the world / UN
US Funding recission of money for International Organization affairs budget / White House document
UN Staff Urge SG Guterres to Resign & Fire USGs Amid His Failures on Ukraine and Gaza / Inner-City Press
Why Does the United Nations Face a Funding Crisis? / Al Jazeera
The World Is Changing Fast: It Is Now Crucial to Restructure the UN - PassBlue
UNAIDS to slash workforce by more than half as funding by US and other big donors disappears / AP
To cut costs, UN urges Geneva, NY offices to move staff to cheaper cities | Devex
U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y. - The New York Times
UN Staff told to decamp for cheaper cities / LinkedIn
Geneva: WHO crisis electrifies succession race | Tribune de Genève
UN appeals fall flat in face of Trump's budget steamroller / DEVEX
The UN Office for Project Services is relocating from Denmark to Kenya | Business Insider Africa
Trump Cuts to International Aid Agencies Rattle Geneva - Bloomberg
DOGE USAID budget cuts hit UN in 'worst liquidity crisis since its establishment'
U.N. Rolls Out DOGE-Like ‘UN80 Initiative’ to Cut Costs | Breitbart and Fox News
'UN80 Initiative' appears to show world body's panic over possible DOGE-like cuts | Fox News
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Wednesday the “UN80 Initiative,” a budget streamlining program / Breitbart
The US Should Freeze and Adjust UN Contributions to Support American Priorities | American Enterprise Institute
The United Nations Wasn’t Prepared for Trump’s Return | WPR
Elon Musk appears to back US withdrawing from NATO and the UN | MSNBC News
US funding of the UN: UN Chief expresses concern | United Nations
Next, Defund the United Nations / Wall Street Journal
UN Secretary-General warns about resource drops from US | YouTube video
UN chief sounds the alarm amid fears over possible DOGE-inspired cuts after Trump's order | Fox News
UNGA80 Is Around the Corner: Here's the Lineup So Far - PassBlue
A first look at the Trump administration's UNGA priorities | Devex
The UN is Costly and Corrupt: Should the US Pull Back? / The Daily Economy
Time to Shut Down the Failed U.N. Lebanon Mission - WSJ
Philippines Presses for Transparency, Accountability, and Support for Middle-Income Countries at 53rd UNIDO Industrial Development Board
The UN is Costly and Corrupt: Should the US Pull Back? | The Daily Economy
United Nations Organizations Assessment Project - Cost Savings Charts / American Enterprise Institute
Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation / UN Document
Press Release of “UN80 Initiative: Workstream 2“ / United Nations
UN80 Initiative: Workstream 2 / United Nations
UN80: Transformative Reform or Veiled Continuity? Analysis of the Mandate Implementation Review Document / /Global Radar
UN report finds UN reports are not widely read / Reuters
António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at an informal meeting of the General Assembly on the UN80 Initiative | UN Web TV
Update on UN 80 and its impact on staff | Update on the UN80 initiative and its impact on staff | UNOG Staff Union
UN Staff Committee Resolution for Inclusion into UN80 Reform Task force
Understanding UN 80 / Global Radar
The UN Mirage: A Staff Member’s Guide to Watching Rome Burn While Management Rearranges the Deck Chairs / LinkedIn author
What FCDO will spend its money on this year | Devex
The New Ethical Multilateralism / The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Vatican)
Liberalism Doomed the Liberal International Order: A Less Legalistic System Would Help Protect Democracies / Foreign Affairs
Chinese, Russian, Islamist, Iranian and Palestinian staff controlling millions in UN project funds / Compass (UNIDO)
The World Is Changing Rapidly: Can the United Nations Restructure to Stay Relevant? - IPI Global Observatory
The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group
Trump's Great Dismantling of the Liberal International Order / Foreign Policy Magar
Top UN court says treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming
UN aid workers raped 60,000 people as it's claimed organisation employs 3,300 paedophiles | The Sun
The UN is having a Marie Antoinette moment / Ian Richard on LinkedIn
What to Know About the U.S. Move to Withdraw From UNESCO - The New York Times
Making America Alone Again: History Offers Few Parallels for Washington’s Repudiation of Its Own Alliances / Foreign Affairs
Trump withdraws US from ‘woke’ UNESCO for second time - POLITICO
Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body and halt to funding for Palestinian refugees | AP News
It’s Time for the UN to Move Beyond the Language of Crisis / IPI Global Observatory
As the UN Charter Turns 80, America’s Commitment to It Is Withering / IPI Global Observatory
UN80: Seizing the Opportunity for a More Inclusive United Nations / IPI Global Observatory
UN at 80 Needs a New Approach to Reforming the UN Development System / IPI Global Observatory
Resolution 2719 on Hold: Implications for the AU-UN Partnership - IPI Global Observatory
Mike Waltz gears up for a new role at the UN / Foreign PolicyFedorov announces plans to create analogue of American DOGE in Ukraine | Ukrainian news
Congress approved spending cuts to UN / Ian Richards
Public commentary on the United Nations in financial crisis / Fundraiser by Ronny Patz
UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly | UN News
Waltz vows to take Trump’s chainsaw to the United Nations - POLITICO
Fiddling while the UN runs out of cash - Eugene Chen at NYU
UN Mandates Registry / United Nations
UN Transparency Portal / United Nations
Financial Statistics / United Nations - CEB
Programme Budget Results Dashboard / United Nations
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nominee Waltz Faces Senate Vote as the Global Body Reels/ Just Security
Accountability for the U.N. - Sanctions Albanese / WSJ
United Nations Organizations Assessment Project / American Enterprise Institute
Multilateralism in the red
I’ve seen the UN at its best. As it turns 80, with a world in crisis, it must recover its courage
It’s Not Too Late to Fix the U.N.
UN 80 survey reveals staff concerns and low confidence in leadership
New Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means ...
UN at 80: toothless, ignored, and irrelevant
Waltz to root out antisemitism, eliminate 'woke' programs, get 'back to basics' at the United Nations
Reimagining multilateralism:From cost-cutting to collective leapfrogging
In Hindsight: The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative—What Lies Ahead?
WAPE 2025: geopolitics, economic models and multi-polarity
UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 1
Special edition: The many questions that remain after UNGA80
UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 2
UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 3
UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 4
From all over the planet, they came to the UN with a message: Fix things, particularly yourself
In UN speech, Beijing makes clear its intent to remold global norms, seizing on Trump’s retreat
Special edition: The many questions that remain after UNGA80
To Survive, the United Nations Must Leave America
Multilateralism Minus the People: 80 Years of the UN’s Broken Promise — Global Issues
Is Multilateralism Dead?
The World of Yesterday by Joschka Fischer - Project Syndicate
‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform | UN News
A New Cold War in an Age of Doubt | Hudson Institute
Trump Signals Instrumental Approach to U.N. – But it Could Be Worse
The U.N. Security Council is Struggling. We Still Need It
Pursuing Peace on a Shoestring: Conflict Management in an Increasingly Complex World
Fiji deputy PM urges UN to deliver “multilateralism with edge and purpose” for Pacific nations
Get It Right Or Get It Out
At UN, President Trump Champions Sovereignty, Rejects Globalism
The UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voice
Judge Rejects Trump’s Argument and Throws Out Suit Against U.N. Agency
Debatable: The value of multilateral organizations
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