Iran’s writing on the wall : ethnic minorities and others assert themselves by James M. Dorsey

“…In anticipation of a lifting of economic sanctions once a nuclear agreement has been concluded with permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany, and coupled with President Hassan Rouhani’s effort to reduce government interference in people’s lives and loosen Internet restrictions, various segments of Iranian society are displaying a greater assertiveness to demand more rights and decry official abuse.…”
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Keeping international law international, a reflection on Anthea Roberts’ “is international law international?” by D. K. Labin, T. Potier

“…Without question, the international legal academy (from the elite law schools of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council) emphasises different things both in its scholarly writings and pedagogy. …”
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EMPOLITICON: NLP and ML Based Approach for Context and Emotion Classification of Political Speeches From Transcripts by Azher Ahmed Efat, Asif Atiq, Abrar Shahriar Abeed, Armanul Momin, Md. Golam Rabiul Alam

“…In our research, we have focused on the presidents/prime ministers of China, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States which are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and classified the speeches given by them based on the context and emotion of the speeches. …”
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The United States Policy Towards UN Peacekeeping Operations Under the Trump Administration by Darya B. Pushkina, Anna L. Khazanova

“…The United States has always been one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the largest financial donor to the UN System and peacekeeping operations. …”
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The role of Malaysia in the United Nations Security Council by Wah, Yee Jing, Abdul Wahab Jumrah

“…During the 69th session of United Nations General Assembly, Malaysia has once again been elected as non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (hereinafter refer as “UNSC”) for two-year mandate commencing on 1st of January 2015.1 This article discusses the role and nature of Malaysia’s foreign policy in serving the non-permanent seat of the UNSC. …”
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