Richard Gowan UN Director New York Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Richard oversees Crisis Group’s advocacy work at the United Nations, liaising with diplomats and UN officials in New York. Professional Background Richard was previously a Consulting Analyst with ICG in 2016 and 2017. He has worked with the European Council on Foreign Relations, New York University Center on International Cooperation and the Foreign Policy Centre (London). He has taught at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Stanford in New York. He has also worked as a consultant for the organisations including UN Department of Political Affairs, the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on International Migration, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Rasmussen Global, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Global Affairs Canada. From 2013 to 2019, he wrote a weekly column (“Diplomatic Fallout”) for World Politics Review. Areas of Expertise The United Nations system Security Council Peacekeeping European security Early warning and conflict prevention In The News 30 Dec 2022 Ireland showed it was ready to get its hands dirty dealing with the details of a specific crisis on the Council’s agenda. RTE Richard Gowan UN Director 8 Nov 2022 If U.S. democracy looks like it is back on life support, I think you'll see even good friends of the U.S. start to edge away from Washington on democracy issues. Reuters Richard Gowan UN Director 18 Oct 2022 For many states, the U.N. offers a place to defend their territorial claims even when they cannot control the actual territories at stake. Washington Post Richard Gowan UN Director 19 Sep 2022 A lot of [the] time now, the U.N.’s role has been reduced to geopolitical ambulance-chasing. Foreign Policy Richard Gowan UN Director 7 Jul 2022 If the situation in Ukraine escalates to the type of major-power war that opens up the space for fundamental, multilateral reform, that’s great but we’ll all be dead. The Atlantic Richard Gowan UN Director 13 Jun 2022 The stark reality is that the UN Human Rights officials are always working in the shadow of power. VICE Richard Gowan UN Director Latest Updates Commentary / Global 09 March 2023 The Global South and the Ukraine War at the UN Podcast / Europe & Central Asia 07 March 2023 Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression: Faint Prospect or Realistic Probability? / Europe & Central Asia 02 March 2023 Tribunal on the Time of Aggression: A faint Prospect or a Realistic Probability (Twitter Space, 2 March 2023) Op-Ed / Multilateral Diplomacy 21 February 2023 U.N. Votes Reveal a Lot About Global Opinion on the War in Ukraine Op-Ed / Global 01 December 2022 The U.N. and Multilateralism Made It Through 2022 in Pretty Good Shape Op-Ed / Multilateral Diplomacy 20 September 2022 Richard Gowan on Ukraine and How Russia’s War Reverberates at the United Nations Podcast / Global 16 September 2022 What to Watch at the UN General Assembly, plus Ukraine’s Kharkiv Offensive and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes Speech / Global 11 August 2022 Priorities for the UN’s New Agenda for Peace Q&A / Europe & Central Asia 03 August 2022 Who are the Winners in the Black Sea Grain Deal? Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 05 July 2022 A Vital Humanitarian Mandate for Syria’s North West Also available in العربية Speech / Global 06 May 2022 The Ukraine War and UN Reform Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 24 March 2022 A Tentative First Look at Options for Peace Operations in Ukraine Load more