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The US and the UN: Targeting Visa Denials for Greatest Effect

The US and the UN: Targeting Visa Denials for Greatest Effect
The United Nations headquarters stands in New York City on Sept. 9, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The United States is dusting off its ability to deny visas to adversarial foreign officials who seek to visit the United Nations. The two most recent examples are the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
Author
Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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