Opinion | United Nations (UN)
Published on: 22. September 2025

Cynicism is poison for international cooperation

Almut Wieland-Karimi is a strategic advisor for the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Fund and Senior Policy Advisor at Stiftung Mercator. (Zentrum für internationale Friedenseinsätze)

Cynicism is not an exclusive characteristic of authoritarian systems, writes Almut Wieland-Karimi. In democracies, however, it is more publicly problematized as a close relative of double standards. From both sides, it weakens multinational institutions such as the United Nations.

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Almut Wieland-Karimi

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Last updated: 22. September 2025

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