Restarting Negotiations for the Reform of the Security Council

Abstract:

In the framework of the IAI-University of Kiel project on 'The European Union and the Reform of the United Nations' (Effective Multilateralism) and in the wake of the previous paper 'UN Security Council Reform. Current Developments', this new study intends to go thoroughly into the inter-governmental negotiations carried out since February 2009 in order to understand if a tangible chance to reform the Council does exist in the foreseeable future.

By offering an overview of all the relevant stances came out in the last months, the paper tends to focus on Italian and German positions as to understand what are the margins of compromise available between these two European countries today that the Lisbon Treaty is in force.