Over the Ukraine crisis the United Nations is looking like the attenuated ghost of the League of Nations which left Abyssinia swinging in the gale of fascist aggression.   In the middle of a direct challenge to the UN Charter the organization is not just invisible but disregarded and seemingly irrelevant. Does it have a role beyond ritual handwringing and calls for peace? What can the UN and its SG do? Can it get its gums into this crisis?  

Briefing with Ian Williams, Stephen Schlesinger, David Smith, and Mark Seddon.  

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