'Impossible Job' of UN Secretary-General: Presiding over 193 member states with competing interests (opens in new tab)

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Dr\. Alexandra Novosseloff, Associate Research Fellow at the Thucydides Centre of Paris II Panthéon-Assas University\. According to Dr\. Novosseloff, the UN is a living reflection of the geopolitical tensions that shape our world\. In assessing the current race for Secretary-General, she focuses less on individual personalities and more on the structural constraints that define the role itself\. The Secretary-General operates within a system driven by...