2024
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-024-09571-2
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Mapping China’s influence at the United Nations

Shing-hon Lam,
Courtney J. Fung

Abstract: How do emerging powers secure international leadership posts? How do these international civil service positions contribute to an emerging power’s influence in multilateral institutions? Focusing on China as an emerging power in the UN system, we find that China forms coalitions with other weaker states to control leadership personnel appointments. We couple UN voting affinity data with under-utilized nationality-leadership data of the UN’s six principal organs’ departments and agencies. States with higher UN … Show more

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