User:IRScholar/Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

I made a few suggested changes for you. Will post more at the Teahouse shortly. MatthewVanitas (talk) 14:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, founded in 1973, is a multidisciplinary research center providing graduate training in and public education about world affairs and contemporary issues of international relations with a focus on the role of multilateral problem-solving and international institutions. The Institute, which is located at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, is named after Ralph Bunche, the civil rights leader and UN negotiator who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for having successfully mediated the armistice agreement between Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon that brought the Arab-Israeli war to an end in 1949.

The Institute sponsors a number of different projects and programs, chief among them the United Nations Intellectual History Project. The UNIHP produced over fifteen volumes which were well received by both popular and academic audiences alike. The project introduced a new theoretical approach to understanding the development of the United Nations, and covered important aspects of the United Nations system that are frequently overlooked in other histories of the organization, including women, trade and finance, human rights, and the role that the propogation of ideas has played in advancing change in international relations. In addition, the Institute is home to the Program on States and Security, the Center for Global Ethics and Politics, and the Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action. The Institute also hosts visiting scholars and sponsors graduate students from around the world who seek to take advantage of the resources of the nearby United Nations and the City University of New York. The Institute also works to promote the life and legacy of Ralph Bunche through commmemorative lectures, events and exhibitions.

The Institute houses the Global Centre on the Responsibility to Protect, established in 2008, whose mission is to promote the “universal acceptance and effective operational implementation of the norm of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.”

The Institute hosts a seminar series each year which brings speakers together to debate and discuss different topics related to global politics and international cooperation. Previous guests have included Gareth Evans (politician), Roland Paris, Devash Kapur, Sir Brian Urquhart, Conor Foley and Alex Bellamy. The Institute also features an annual lecture, which has featured Mary Robinson, Michael Walzer, Michael Ignatieff, Richard Goldstone, and Bernard Lewis.

The director of the Institute is Thomas G. Weiss and the assistant director is Peter Pomaniak. Senior fellows at the Institute include Stephen Browne, Beng Yong Chew, Ruth Cowan, Barbara Crosette, Álvaro de Soto, Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, James O.C. Jonah, Tapio Kanninen, Thomas Karis, Rama Mani, Satoshi Miura, Herman Salton, Monica Serrano, James Traub, Herbert Weiss, and Jennifer Whitaker.