The Congo Crisis of 1960-65 & the United Nations today

Prof. Alanna O’Malley of Leiden University, and political writer, discusses the role of the United Nations in the Congo Crisis amid the Cold War, and the role of the UN today as the only international governing body. 

She discusses the future of the United Nations, and how superpower politics are impeding global governance and cooperation against international challenges, notably the Covid-19 Pandemic and Climate Change.