Oral history interview with Thomas G. Weiss, 2006

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Name: Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewee); Emmerij, Louis (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Thomas G. Weiss, 2006
Abstract: Thomas G. Weiss was born on February 26, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan. Education: St. Scholastica; University of Detroit Jesuit High School, 1964; BA Economics Harvard University,; MPA Princeton University; French Studies Institute de Hautes Etudes Internationales (Geneva),; PhD Political Science, Princeton University Career: Special Assistant to Vice President of Lincoln-Mercury; Volunteers in Servi ce to America (VISTA) Youth Informatory at Riker's Island; International Labor Organization (ILO) International Institute of Labor Studies, 1970; World Law Fund; World Food Conference publication with Director of Research at United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Research Manager International Peace Academy (IPA); Research Professorship and Deputy Director at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University; Co-director of Humanitarianism and War Project at Brown University; Professor and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York, August; Founder and co-author of research volume at International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), 2001; editor of Global Governance (2001); and Co-author of International Displacement: Conceptualization and Consequences (2006) Jesuit influence on education and work ethic; influence of Vietnam War and conscientious objector (CO) status on educational and career choices; transition to political science and international relations at Princeton; UNCTAD intellectual and professional culture; World Food Conference Publication; UNCTAD relationship to New International Economic Order (NIEO); career transition to peacekeeping, conflict resolution, and humanitarian intervention at IPA and the Ralph Bunche Institute; collapse of the Soviet Union; relationship between non-state, state actors, and UN; discussion of UN research publications; UN policy transition from peacekeeping to military intervention in 1990s; military intervention in Africa; ICISS, 2005 UN World Summit, and adoption of "responsibility to protect" in humanitarian intervention; limitations of human security policy; significance of UN global conferences; gender; global governance; UN Intellectual History Project and institutional memory; UN achievements; United States relationship to UN; United States hegemony; Kofi Anan's legacy; Oil-for-Food scandal; Security Council reform
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Conscientious objectors; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Neutrality; Human rights; International economic relations; International organization; Peace; Conflict management; Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946-; Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta); United Nations. Oil-for-Food Program; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; International Peace Academy; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations. General Assembly; United Nations. Security Council
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2006

Note (Biographical): Professor of Political Science, Co-Director of UN Intellectual History Project, and Research Director of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
Note: Interviewed by Louis Emmerij on February 21 and February 22, 2006
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13685562
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-97t8-9725
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.