Judy Asks: Does the UN Matter?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Does the UN Matter?

The experts in this feature are:

+ David Hannay - Co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations in the UK parliament
+ Paul Heinbecker - Director of the Center for Global Relations at Wilfrid Laurier University and distinguished fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation
+ Joachim Koops - Dean of Vesalius College Brussels and director of the Global Governance Institute
+ Jamie Shea - Deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges at NATO
+ Ruzha Smilova - Senior assistant professor at the Political Science Department of Sofia University
+ Tommy Steiner - Senior research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel