Catherine Nzuki, Associate Fellow of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is joined by Ambassador Martin Kimani, PhD, the Executive Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.
In this episode, they take a deep dive into Africa’s bid for two permanent seats on the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the long road to get there. They discuss how long Africa has been pushing for these seats; the procedure to create the two permanent seats; why the process of selecting which African state will occupy those seats could cause infighting; and two scenarios for how these seats could be distributed.
They zoom out to discuss the deficit of visionary contemporary leaders; the types of reforms that the African Union needs; Africa’s demographic dividend; Africa in the G20; and finally, reordering global geography in line with Africa’s own interests.
Listen to the full podcast here: Africa’s bid for two permanent UNSC seats (with Amb. Martin Kimani)