Revolutionary leaders and election to the United Nations Security Council

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Uzonyi, Gary (2026) Revolutionary leaders and election to the United Nations Security Council. British Journal of Politics and International Relations. pp. 1-23. ISSN 1369-1481 (https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481261441987)

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Abstract

Why are some states elected to the United Nations Security Council while others are not? I reorient our thinking towards what states find as unattractive features in a candidate regarding the mission of the Security Council – namely, those characteristics of a candidate that undermine promoting international peace and security. I argue that revolutionary leaders are less likely to be elected to the United Nations Security Council for both direct – fraying relationships with other countries – and indirect – increased propensity for causing intra- and inter-state conflict – reasons. Probit analysis of United Nations Security Council elections reveals that, compared to the average United Nations member, the likelihood that countries led by revolutionary leaders are elected to the United Nations Security Council declines in the duration of their tenure, eventually falling below that of other states. Mediation analysis reveals that the direct effect is stronger than the indirect effect.

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Uzonyi, Gary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-993X;
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