John Mathiason is an adjunct professor of international relations at Syracuse University. For 30 years he was a career staff member of the United Nations Secretariat, working in different parts of the Secretariat and completing his career as a Principal Officer and Deputy Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women, responsible for management of substantive support to the United Nations women's program. Since taking early retirement he has been consultant to a number of other United Nations organizations including the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Comprehensive Test Ban Tre...