Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss

Thomas G. Weiss (born 1946) is a distinguished international diplomat and scholar of international relations and global governance with special expertise in the politics of the United Nations, where he himself served in various high-ranking roles. He was named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for a project exploring the concept of a world without the United Nations.[1] Since 1998, he has been Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and is Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.[2] At present, he also is co-chair, Cultural Heritage at Risk Project, J. Paul Getty Trust; Distinguished Fellow, Global Governance, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Global Eminence Scholar, Kyung Hee University, Seoul. In his spare time, he is a wood sculptor.[3]

He is "one of the leading experts on the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention,"[4] and is recognized as an authority on international organizations and the UN system.[5] Weiss adheres to the constructivist school, and advocates a position for intergovernmental organizations that goes beyond the anarchy of inter-state relations. He initiated the UN Intellectual History Project[6] in 1999 to trace the origins and the evolution of key ideas about international economic and social development nurtured under UN auspices.[6] Weiss conceived the "Third United Nations," and directed the research team that popularized the concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P). A firm believer in R2P, Weiss has argued in numerous works that a well-grounded interpretation of sovereignty does not preclude intervention in the face of mass atrocities. His oral history transcript is available on the UN Intellectual History Project website.[7]

  1. ^ "Announcing the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellows". Archived from the original on 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ "Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies". Archived from the original on 2019-04-12.
  3. ^ "Ralph Bunche Institute » Thomas G. Weiss, wood sculptor". ralphbuncheinstitute.org. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  4. ^ Freedman, Lawrence D. (2 March 2008). "Lawrence D. Friedman, Review, 'Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action,' Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr 2008". Foreign Affairs. 87 (2). Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  5. ^ Ikenberry, G. John (March 2009). "G. John Ikenberry, Review, "What's Wrong With the United Nations and How to Fix It," Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr 2009". Foreign Affairs. 88 (2). Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  6. ^ a b "United Nations Intellectual History Project". www.unhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  7. ^ "世界史". 世界雑学ノート. August 25, 2023. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.