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. . . the days are gone in which political scientists could study while relaxing in an easy chair. We must now study our discipline while sitting at a desk . .
"The UN80 Review confirms . . . whisper[s] in backrooms for years: the system isn’t just bloated—it’s addicted to its bureaucracy."
And devoted to grandiose promises of reform and increased efficiency that are thinly disguised efforts at keeping things as they are.
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A spontaneous photo essay of men in particular circumstances. A nostalgic trip to place that no longer exists.
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An overheard conversation on a dodgy plane going to a dodgy destination open.substack.com/pub/kukkuklf...
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“The real measure of effectiveness is whether the UN can help the world solve long problems before they become irreversible catastrophes.”
Can United States clean up the UN alone?
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"UNDP: Rose Tint my World"
Another reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade. This synthetic walk down memory lane is reflective of how things, requiring urgent change at the time, has remained the same for two decades.
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Read “The Ultimate Insult — Development, the UN, Assorted Hangers-on and the Dilemma of Dominance“ by Leon Kukkuk on Medium: medium.com/@leonkukkuk/...
16.07.2025 13:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A rant from 2005:
It is forgotten that the UN has no intrinsic value; there is no space for it under international law. It was created purely on the basis of a moral argument and its only legitimacy could ever come from the quality of its work
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Killing for the Nobel Peace Prize is no longer the standard.
Helping your genocidal friend committing war crimes is the new benchmark
Proof #5439: Fascism without warmaking does not exist.
22.06.2025 06:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"We do not have a plane to give you." Deserves a place in the English lexicon.
22.05.2025 08:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We can and must become aware of the symptoms of prejudicial tendencies in the teams or organisations where we are members or leaders and put in place processes where experience can be safely processed
So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . .
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In the tapestry of life, each of us weaves a unique thread, and yours shimmers with a rare and beautiful light. You are not defined by the challenges you face, but by the strength, resilience, and compassion you embody.
30.03.2025 06:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It is easier to burn a gazzillion calories by going for a very long run than it is not to eat a gazzilion calories
05.03.2025 06:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After Gene Hackman's long career won him two Oscars and the admiration of generations of film lovers, he left Hollywood behind for a quiet but full life in Santa Fe with his wife, Betsy Arakawa. They were both found dead with one of their dogs this week.
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Explosion rue de Trévise : la mairie de Paris sera jugée pour «homicides et blessures involontaires»
L’accident avait fait quatre morts et plus de 200 blessés
Je continue de recevoir des infos alarmantes depuis l'Est de la #RDC. Une défenseuse des droits à Uvira me dit que les DDH "vivent dans une situation de traumatisme aigüe" et que des efforts urgents sont nécessaires "pour atteindre la paix, stopper les assassinats et sauver la vie des innocents".
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Publish or Perish III. The latest in the saga of getting my work published. And not stolen. open.substack.com/pub/lkukkuk/p/…
18.02.2025 05:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Glaciale et baignée de lumière matinale : une des plus belles atmosphères hivernales à #Prague. Manque juste la neige.
#Prague vue du tram
04.02.2025 09:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Le grand magasin Le Bon Marché, quartier Sèvres-Babylone, Paris
#UnJourUnePhoto
#Photobruary
3 février 2025 : grand
comme un grand magasin
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The very productive collaboration with the FDRE Defence War College is in itself the start of an ongoing effort to better understand the #doctrines and #motivations that underpin the #militaryforces that are the backbone of #AUled #PSOs.
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The full compliment of nine publications on the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Africa African Union Office (FES-AU) supported "A #HumanSecurity Approach to #AfricanLed #PSOs" project has finally been made available by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies - IPSS.
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