United Nations General Assembly

International Clientelistic Networks: The Case of Venezuela at the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2015

This article introduces the concept of international clientelism and discusses how this diplomatic tool was employed by Venezuela under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro as a means to get political support from several Latin American and Caribbean …

Back to the Assembly? Domestic Conflict and Forum Shopping in the United Nations

In the light of renewed great power competition and a surge in the use of veto power in the United Nations Security Council, this article analyses how the United Nations General Assembly can act as a substitute for the treatment of intrastate …