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Research focuses on the role of the United Nation (UN) in maintaining international peace and security and looks in detail at peacekeeping and peacebuilding in fragile and conflict affected states.

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Founded in 1945 the United Nations is currently made up of 193 Member States. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly chnaging world.

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Lukasz Kulesa, Director of Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services Institute, said some discussions about nuclear weapons were "informed by the anxiety regarding the US election", because of fears that Trump could loosen some of the security guarantees that the US has provided in Europe and Asia if he is elected President again. But he said the "core" of the non-proliferation treaty remained "quite solid".
Lukasz Kulesa
Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
26 August 2024
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