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

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10d

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.

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.

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

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 6d

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...

YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

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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.

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

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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.

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.

Going rogue, decay or Trumpification

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 15d

🚨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 · 16d

🔔 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 · 16d

@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 · 16d

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 · 18d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 20d

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.

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

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 20d

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

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 · 29d

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...

'Peacemaker': U Thant's son tells his story in new book

In the early 1960s, U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma, became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations.

www.wbur.org

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d

I'll be speaking about my new book at UNICEF @unicef.org on 17 September. Please register by Monday if you’d like to come.

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 23d

My interview today with Chatham House @chathamhouse.org @theworldtoday.org www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

U Thant helped save the world from nuclear war in 1962 – who could do that now?

Thant Myint-U speaks to Iona Allan about his grandfather’s rapid rise from rural Burma to his decade as secretary-general of the United Nations – and his forgotten role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d

Thoughtful review of my new book Peacemaker in Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/u...

The Man Who Made the U.N. Cool

A new biography of U Thant shows how his peacemaking abilities helped the United Nations grow and flourish—for a time.

Book review: A leader we could do with now

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d

Pleased to see this insightful review of my new book Peacemaker in the Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

This frighteningly perceptive and well-written biography of UN secretary general, Burmese Buddhist U Thant, details his efforts at resolving one 1960s crisis after another

www.irishexaminer.com

The Man Who Made the U.N. Cool

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24d

Bronwen Everill reviews a biography of former Burmese U.N. secretary-general U Thant, written by Thant’s grandson, Thant Myint-U.

A new biography of U Thant shows how his peacemaking abilities helped the United Nations grow and flourish—for a time.

Book review: A leader we could do with now

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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d

Pleased to see this insightful review of my new book Peacemaker in the Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

This frighteningly perceptive and well-written biography of UN secretary general, Burmese Buddhist U Thant, details his efforts at resolving one 1960s crisis after another

www.irishexaminer.com

The Man Who Made the U.N. Cool

Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d

Thoughtful review of my new book Peacemaker in Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/u...

A new biography of U Thant shows how his peacemaking abilities helped the United Nations grow and flourish—for a time.