Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Luck

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Edward Luck.

Last updated on December 23, 2024.

Edward C. Luck was an American professor, author, and expert in international relations. He served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect between 2008 and 2012, appointed at the Assistant Secretary-General level. He was replaced by Jennifer Welsh of Canada. Previously he was Vice President of the International Peace Institute as well as the director of the Center on International Organization of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He also served as Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego between 2012 and 2013. From 2015 to 2021 Luck was the Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He also served on the International Advisory Board of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.

American - Author | Born: October 17, 1948

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Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea.

Edward Luck

So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.

Edward Luck

I've been involved in and out of the U.N. for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!

Edward Luck

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

Edward Luck

Enormous slaughter may have been acceptable in previous centuries. It simply isn't acceptable anymore.

Edward Luck

So I've gone in and out of the UN, working on counter-terrorism, on UN reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.

Edward Luck

I've been involved in and out of the UN for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!

Edward Luck