Richard Gowan
Richard Gowan is the U.N. director of the International Crisis Group. From 2013 to 2019, he wrote a weekly column for WPR. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardGowan1.
Articles written by Richard Gowan
60 Years Later, a Cold War Scandal Still Holds Lessons for the United Nations
Richard Gowan
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019
Column
Kelly Knight Craft Is Quickly—and Smartly—Making Africa a Priority
Richard Gowan
Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
Will U.S.-China Competition Derail the U.N.’s Commitment to Fight Climate Change?
Richard Gowan
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
Column
Kelly Knight Craft’s Long To-Do List at the United Nations
Richard Gowan
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019
A Decade After Failing to Stop Massacres in Sri Lanka, What Has the U.N. Learned?
Richard Gowan
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column
How to Be Wrong, but Remain Relevant, as an International Affairs Analyst
Richard Gowan
Monday, March 11, 2019
Column
How to Win Readers, and Influence Officials, as a Multilateral Pundit
Richard Gowan
Monday, March 4, 2019
Column
Is the U.N. Security Council Marginalizing Itself Over Peacekeeping?
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 25, 2019
Column
The Growing Debate Over Development Aid Is Not All Trump’s Fault
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 11, 2019
Column
Take the U.N. General Assembly Seriously—but Don’t Expect Results
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
Column
Want to Neuter a U.N. Peacekeeping Mission? Try Sketchy Ballots, Not Bullets
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 28, 2019
Column
Remembering a Mentor—and a More Idealistic Moment in Peacemaking
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 14, 2019
Column
With High-Minded Appeals Waning, Multilateralists Should Get ‘Primitive’
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 7, 2019
Will U.S.-China Competition Derail the U.N.’s Commitment to Fight Climate Change?
Richard Gowan
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
A Decade After Failing to Stop Massacres in Sri Lanka, What Has the U.N. Learned?
Richard Gowan
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column
How to Win Readers, and Influence Officials, as a Multilateral Pundit
Richard Gowan
Monday, March 4, 2019
Column
The Growing Debate Over Development Aid Is Not All Trump’s Fault
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 11, 2019
Column
Want to Neuter a U.N. Peacekeeping Mission? Try Sketchy Ballots, Not Bullets
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 28, 2019
Column
With High-Minded Appeals Waning, Multilateralists Should Get ‘Primitive’
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 7, 2019
60 Years Later, a Cold War Scandal Still Holds Lessons for the United Nations
Richard Gowan
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019
Column
Kelly Knight Craft Is Quickly—and Smartly—Making Africa a Priority
Richard Gowan
Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
Column
Kelly Knight Craft’s Long To-Do List at the United Nations
Richard Gowan
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019
Column
How to Be Wrong, but Remain Relevant, as an International Affairs Analyst
Richard Gowan
Monday, March 11, 2019
Column
Is the U.N. Security Council Marginalizing Itself Over Peacekeeping?
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 25, 2019
Column
Take the U.N. General Assembly Seriously—but Don’t Expect Results
Richard Gowan
Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
Column
Remembering a Mentor—and a More Idealistic Moment in Peacemaking
Richard Gowan
Monday, Jan. 14, 2019