Taiwan learned from its SARS scare in 2003 and this time was prepared.

Politics done by stealth in the UN: China and the WHO*

by Jeffry Babb

The United Nations (UN) is not intended to be about realpolitik, but about international cooperation.

Many Australians have always had a soft spot for the UN. We are reminded of Labor leader Herbert Vere “Doc” Evatt (1894-1965) and his role in the formation of the UN, so that small and medium powers like Australia would not be excluded from decision-making in the General Assembly. Australians fought against Communism in the Korean War (1950-53) under the blue-and-whi…

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