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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 3h

Privilege to be interviewed yesterday on my new book Peacemaker by Christiane Amanpour - one of the great journalists of our time. www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/t...

Burmese schoolteacher turned global statesman: A look at the life of U Thant | CNN

Historian Thant Myint-U speaks with Christiane Amanpour about his book “Peacemaker,” on the life and work of his grandfather U Thant, the first non-European Secretary General of the United Nations.

www.cnn.com

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 10h

It’s indirect. Absolutely fine to have a prize for democracy and human rights. But then should be another one for those actually negotiating ceasefires, peace agreements, advocating disarmament.

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 12h

Seems that the Nobel peace prize is increasingly de-linked from its original concept - an award to whoever has “done the most or best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

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NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) @nyucic.bsky.social · 1d

“There's no time, I think, in history since the founding of the U.N. [...] where the public is less interested in the U.N. So, the U.N. is [...] facing a funding crisis right now, but it's also facing this crisis of irrelevance"—@thantmyintu.bsky.social.

Full podcast 🎧 www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...

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NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) @nyucic.bsky.social · 1d

To learn more, join us at the upcoming event, “Peacemaker: Thant Myint-U on the UN’s Past and Future” (in-person only). ⤵️
cic.nyu.edu/events/peace...

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 13d

"The book chronicles the life of U Thant, the first non-European to lead the UN.... [it] describes a UN striving to forge a more equitable world order. Agitating for change was a cohort of Afro-Asian ambassadors whose ranks were growing in the 1960s." Sounds like a must-read

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13d

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

Can the UN Be Saved? Lessons From a Forgotten Secretary-General

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

bloom.bg

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12d

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

Can the UN Be Saved? Lessons From a Forgotten Secretary-General

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

bloom.bg

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 8d

I had a fantastic conversation with @thantmyintu about his new book about his grandfather. The book - Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World - is a fantastic read and reveals the key role U Thant played in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXx...

Book Talk | Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World

YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14d

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

Can the UN Be Saved? Lessons From a Forgotten Secretary-General

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

bloom.bg

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13d

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

Can the UN Be Saved? Lessons From a Forgotten Secretary-General

This week’s clashes at the UN have renewed questions about its role in the world. A new biography of U Thant recalls a time when it wielded real power.

bloom.bg

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you @therestpolitics.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social for the kind mention of my new book Peacemaker.

The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 17d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Will the UN Survive the Donald Trump Era?

Join @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory as they dive all into the countries recognising a Palestinian state at the UNGA, Trump's undermining of the UN, and ask - should the UN move from it's home in New York?

Link in the replies 👇

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International Peace Institute @ipinst.bsky.social · 18d

🔔 IT'S TOMORROW: “A New Vision for Global Leadership: Selecting the Next UN Secretary-General.”

📅 Sept. 23 | ⏰ 1.00 PM EDT | 📍 UN Headquarters

@estoniaun.bsky.social @una-uk.bsky.social and @civicuniversalist.bsky.social

👉 Watch here: www.ipinst.org/2025/09/a-ne...

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Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org · 18d

@thantmyintu.bsky.social joins @rorrydaniels.bsky.social on #AsiaInsideOut to discuss his new book Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations, and the Untold Story of the 1960s. They explore his grandfather U Thant’s legacy and reflect on how today’s leaders can improve the future of global governance.

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 18d

Can count on the @DailyMail for the most eye-catching headline of all my book reviews (so far….)

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Marcia Macomber @marciamacomber.bsky.social · 20d

TUNE IN MONDAY to the Morning Show 8-10am PT on @ksvysonoma.bsky.social Guests> Ken Wayne; Fred Allebach; Susan Kirsch; @bdtauthor.bsky.social on her new book, PERIL AND PROMISE; Karen Kilian; & @thantmyintu.bsky.social on his new book, PEACEMAKER. Listen LIVE to 91.3 FM locally or at ksvy.org.

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 21d

Actually, September 1961 was arguably more calamitous: financially bankrupt, Soviets looking to hobble organisation, Cold War nearing its peak, and the Secretary-General killed. Many thought UN might not survive the weeks to come.

The Economist @economist.com · 21d

From Nikita Khrushchev’s alleged shoe-banging in the cold war to America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United Nations has known many crises. Veteran insiders say no past disaster feels as calamitous as this one

The UN’s grim future

Going rogue, decay or Trumpification

econ.st

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 22d

Read @adamtooze.bsky.social’s essay, The End of Development, from FP’s latest print issue: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/08/a...

The End of Development

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

foreignpolicy.com

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 22d

My discussion this week with @tammam.bsky.social on the “Rethinking Humanitarianism” podcast @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

Rethinking Humanitarianism | The UN’s 20th-century diplomacy for 21st-century problems

Historian Thant Myint-U on how the UN got sidetracked from multilateralism, where it must focus, and why the next secretary-general pick is crucial.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · Sep 9

My interview today on @NPR with @michelekelemen about my new book Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...