Power and Diplomacy in the United Nations Security Council: The Influence of Elected Members

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ABSTRACT

The cases of Poland’s 2018-2019 and South Africa’s 2019-2020 terms as elected members (E10) of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) can be used to confront the well-known claim that due to a prevailing democratic, legitimacy or efficiency deficit(s) in the structure and/or working methods of the Council, there is no significant space for the E10 members to be influential. By examining these two representative cases, the E10’s capacity to exert such influence can indeed be detected on multiple levels, which highlights the numerous channels and practices available to the elected members to act as veritable norm entrepreneurs at this most prominent institution of global governance.

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Dr Vahid Nick Pay

Dr Vahid Nick Pay is a lecturer in International Politics at the Diplomatic Studies Programme. He is Chair of the Exam Board and a member of the Management Board at the Oxford University's Diplomatic Studies Programme, Chair of the Exam Board for Global Health Diplomacy course, member of the management committee at the Centre for International Studies (CIS - University of Oxford), Fellow of Kellogg College University of Oxford and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy

vahid.nickpay@conted.ox.ac.uk