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Thant Myint-U
Fellows Corner
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Thant Myint-U is an award-winning author, historian, conservationist, and international public servant. His most recent book is Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World, a history of the 1960s told through the life of U Thant, the first UN secretary-general of color. He is a Senior Fellow at the UN Foundation.
Trump’s Board of Peace Is Anything But
New York Times, January 30, 2026
If we are to avoid another catastrophic global war, peace must be deliberately designed and firmly grounded in "the core U.N. principles of universality, sovereign equality and clear limits on the use of force."
The UN’s Next Secretary-General Could Prevent Great Power War
Financial Times, September 3, 2025
The UN needs to be led by "a courageous and cool-headed mediator" who can rebuild the international system and play a "decisive peacemaking role" when great powers clash.
The UN Should Be Retooled For A Less Internationalist Age
The Economist, June 17, 2025
The United Nations should focus on its founding principle: preventing war.