
The United Nations, Peace & Security, and the Ukraine Crisis - by NMUN
A Talk by Prof. Alynna Lyon (Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire)
About this Talk
Join Prof. Alynna J. Lyon to learn more about how the United Nations is addressing the situation in Ukraine: How is the organization created to prevent the scourge of war responding and what might it ultimately be able to do (or not do)?
Alynna Lyon is a Professor of Political Science and Model UN Faculty Advisor at the University of New Hampshire. She is also a co-author of The United Nations in the 21 Century, 6th ed. (Westview, 2022) with Karen Mingst and Margaret Karns, and of The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace (ABC-CLIO 2020) with Kent Kille. Her research focus includes the United Nations, U.S. Foreign Policy, multilateralism, and moral authority at the global level. She is past chair of the International Organization section of the International Studies Association (2016–2018). She is currently co-Editor-in-Chief for the journal Global Governance and serves on the Editorial Board of International Studies Quarterly.