ABSTRACT
In September 2024, the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York organized a seminar on the relevance of the United Nations in resolving major wars, notably those going on in Ukraine and Gaza. The seminar explored the potential of various UN interventions in resolving major wars based on historical precedents, especially regarding the Russia–Ukraine and Hamas–Israel wars, as well as the role the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ) have already played or might play in these conflicts. Most of the contributions in this book are written by seminar participants, and the chapters greatly expand the presentations and discussions that took place in the seminar. The introduction provides an overview of the book and briefly introduces each of the individual chapters.
