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· Jul 21
Pleased to say that my new book will be published in Sept. Featuring the Congo & the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam & the Six Day War, it’s the story of how the newly independent nations of Africa & Asia transformed the UN and when, for a while, a global peace seemed within reach.
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📚Fall Reading List
📖 Peacemaker
Thant Myint-U
📖 A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern
📖 107 Days
Kamala Harris
📖 Big Bets
Rajiv Shah
📖 How to Stand Up To A Dictator
Maria Ressa
📖 On Leadership
Tony Blair
📖 Peacemaker
Thant Myint-U
📖 A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern
📖 107 Days
Kamala Harris
📖 Big Bets
Rajiv Shah
📖 How to Stand Up To A Dictator
Maria Ressa
📖 On Leadership
Tony Blair
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📚Fall Reading List
📖 Peacemaker
Thant Myint-U
📖 A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern
📖 107 Days
Kamala Harris
📖 Big Bets
Rajiv Shah
📖 How to Stand Up To A Dictator
Maria Ressa
📖 On Leadership
Tony Blair
📖 Peacemaker
Thant Myint-U
📖 A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern
📖 107 Days
Kamala Harris
📖 Big Bets
Rajiv Shah
📖 How to Stand Up To A Dictator
Maria Ressa
📖 On Leadership
Tony Blair
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Peacemaker is a model of biographical thoroughness and insight, beautifully written and artfully shaped, and it tells its extraordinary story with an enviable mixture of writerly skill and scholarly authority.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Peacemaker is a model of biographical thoroughness and insight, beautifully written and artfully shaped, and it tells its extraordinary story with an enviable mixture of writerly skill and scholarly authority.
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Thant Myint-U produced my favourite biography this year, Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960’s. It is a brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age that feels very distant now: an era of optimism and idealism.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thant Myint-U produced my favourite biography this year, Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960’s. It is a brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age that feels very distant now: an era of optimism and idealism.
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Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
A Brilliant New Biography Tells the Story of the Cold War Era UN Secretary General U-Thant
Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 17/11/2025 · 35m
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November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
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New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Daniel Forti, Richard Gowan and Max Rodenbeck analyse ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Trump Gaza plan: UN security council to vote on resolution to set up international stabilisation force – live
Trump Gaza plan: UN security council to vote on resolution to set up international stabilisation force – live
US-drafted resolution also includes reference to a future Palestinian state as US president’s plan would include international security force deployment
The US-led resolution “endorses” Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, the first phase of which secured the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October.
In addressing the second phase, the resolution:
Authorises the creation of an International Stabilisation Force that would work to secure border areas, protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian assistance, support the training and deployment of a reconstituted Palestinian police force, and de-militarise the Strip (this includes overseeing the permanent de-commissioning of weapons held by Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza)
Indicates that Israeli forces fully withdraw once the force has established security and operational control across the territory
Approves the creation of a “Board of Peace” - the transitional governing body for Gaza, to be chaired by Trump, which will have an initial mandate to do so for the next two years – to coordinate security, humanitarian and reconstruction planning. This would guide Gaza towards a reformed Palestinian governing authority
Mentions a possible future Palestinian state - a last-minute addition following pressure from Arab states. The resolution outlines a pathway towards Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood, linked to accountable governance and reconstruction milestones. Israel, of course, continues to firmly reject the notion of a Palestinian state Continue reading...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump Gaza plan: UN security council to vote on resolution to set up international stabilisation force – live
Thank you @kajakallas.bsky.social for mentioning my latest book Peacemaker in your ERR interview and discussing U Thant in your @economist.com guest essay this week. economist.com/the-world-ahea….
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thank you @kajakallas.bsky.social for mentioning my latest book Peacemaker in your ERR interview and discussing U Thant in your @economist.com guest essay this week. economist.com/the-world-ahea….
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At long last, a biography on former UN Secretary General U Thant — by his grandson no less — is published. Looking forward to reading.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At long last, a biography on former UN Secretary General U Thant — by his grandson no less — is published. Looking forward to reading.
Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
A Brilliant New Biography Tells the Story of the Cold War Era UN Secretary General U-Thant
Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 17/11/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
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The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Daniel Forti, Richard Gowan and Max Rodenbeck analyse ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Burmese diplomat U Thant (UN Sec-General, 1961-71) ended more wars & conflicts than Donald J. Duc/// Trump ever will -- except in his own imagination.
U Thant subject of Sunday Extra on this morning's ABC Radio National.
U Thant subject of Sunday Extra on this morning's ABC Radio National.
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Burmese diplomat U Thant (UN Sec-General, 1961-71) ended more wars & conflicts than Donald J. Duc/// Trump ever will -- except in his own imagination.
U Thant subject of Sunday Extra on this morning's ABC Radio National.
U Thant subject of Sunday Extra on this morning's ABC Radio National.
My guest essay in the @economist.com www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
As the UN turns 80, Thant Myint-U argues it should be retooled for a less internationalist age
The world body should go back to focusing on its founding principle: preventing war
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My guest essay in the @economist.com www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s by Thant Myint-U captures the optimism and ambition of Burma’s bridge between worlds.
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #historybook
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #historybook
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘Peacemaker’ by Thant Myint-U review
www.historytoday.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s by Thant Myint-U captures the optimism and ambition of Burma’s bridge between worlds.
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #historybook
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #historybook
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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Delighted to discuss my new book Peacemaker and the future of the @UN with @amanpour edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/tv/…
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Delighted to discuss my new book Peacemaker and the future of the @UN with @amanpour edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/tv/…
With many thanks to William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social for choosing Peacemaker as a “Book of the Year”. www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/book...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
With many thanks to William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social for choosing Peacemaker as a “Book of the Year”. www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/book...
Today in 1961: little-known Burmese diplomat U Thant (just 13 yrs from life as a small town schoolteacher) takes helm of UN at the height of the Cold War. Within a year he would mediate the Cuban Missile Crisis and go on to face more than a dozen wars. Full story in Peacemaker.
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today in 1961: little-known Burmese diplomat U Thant (just 13 yrs from life as a small town schoolteacher) takes helm of UN at the height of the Cold War. Within a year he would mediate the Cuban Missile Crisis and go on to face more than a dozen wars. Full story in Peacemaker.
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Very grateful to Pratap Mehta for this extremely insightful and compelling appraisal of my new book.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Very grateful to Pratap Mehta for this extremely insightful and compelling appraisal of my new book.
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Weekday replug for latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. The at 80 UN, with former UN force commander Major General Patrick Cammaert, Mona Ali Khalil of @passblue.bsky.social, U Thant's biographer and grandson @thantmyintu.bsky.social and. . . John Bolton. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Eighty years on, is the United Nations a relevant institution? - Monocle
Eighty years on from its inception, the United Nations is in crisis. Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Weekday replug for latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. The at 80 UN, with former UN force commander Major General Patrick Cammaert, Mona Ali Khalil of @passblue.bsky.social, U Thant's biographer and grandson @thantmyintu.bsky.social and. . . John Bolton. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Very grateful to Pratap Mehta for this extremely insightful and compelling appraisal of my new book.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Very grateful to Pratap Mehta for this extremely insightful and compelling appraisal of my new book.
The next U.N. Secretary-General may prove indispensable in preventing another world war. It’s been done before - exactly this week in 1962. But that story - on the front pages everywhere at the time - was quietly dropped down the memory-hole www.ft.com/content/426f...
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The next U.N. Secretary-General may prove indispensable in preventing another world war. It’s been done before - exactly this week in 1962. But that story - on the front pages everywhere at the time - was quietly dropped down the memory-hole www.ft.com/content/426f...
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📣 Join us + @nyu.edu Wagner for a keynote conversation w/ @thantmyintu.bsky.social—renowned historian & writer—on his new book, Peacemaker.
🇺🇳 The book is about U Thant, his grandfather, who led the UN through a time of great turbulence & uncertainty.
➕ cic.nyu.edu/events/peace...
🇺🇳 The book is about U Thant, his grandfather, who led the UN through a time of great turbulence & uncertainty.
➕ cic.nyu.edu/events/peace...
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📣 Join us + @nyu.edu Wagner for a keynote conversation w/ @thantmyintu.bsky.social—renowned historian & writer—on his new book, Peacemaker.
🇺🇳 The book is about U Thant, his grandfather, who led the UN through a time of great turbulence & uncertainty.
➕ cic.nyu.edu/events/peace...
🇺🇳 The book is about U Thant, his grandfather, who led the UN through a time of great turbulence & uncertainty.
➕ cic.nyu.edu/events/peace...
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Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s by Thant Myint-U captures the optimism and ambition of Burma’s bridge between worlds.
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘Peacemaker’ by Thant Myint-U review
www.historytoday.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s by Thant Myint-U captures the optimism and ambition of Burma’s bridge between worlds.
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ John Sidel reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Critical UN successes, preventing & ending wars, especially 1955-1995, long forgotten in service of liberal interventionist agendas. A wilful amnesia. UN@80 this week: need return to first principles, rethink history, and reimagine the future of peacemaking www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Critical UN successes, preventing & ending wars, especially 1955-1995, long forgotten in service of liberal interventionist agendas. A wilful amnesia. UN@80 this week: need return to first principles, rethink history, and reimagine the future of peacemaking www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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I had a fantastic conversation with @thantmyintu about his new book about his grandfather. The book - Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World - is a fantastic read and reveals the key role U Thant played in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXx...
Book Talk | Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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October 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I had a fantastic conversation with @thantmyintu about his new book about his grandfather. The book - Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World - is a fantastic read and reveals the key role U Thant played in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXx...
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Bertil Lintner reviews new books about U Thant, the Burmese schoolmaster who helmed the UN during its heyday, and about Vladimir Putin’s desperate attempts to find support in the East.
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Studies of Diplomacy at Opposite Ends of the Scale
Bertil Lintner reviews new books about U Thant, the Burmese schoolmaster who helmed the UN during its heyday, and about Vladimir Putin’s desperate attempts to find support in the East.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Bertil Lintner reviews new books about U Thant, the Burmese schoolmaster who helmed the UN during its heyday, and about Vladimir Putin’s desperate attempts to find support in the East.
Read more: bit.ly/46w9WKh
Read more: bit.ly/46w9WKh