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Despite recent studies on leadership, the discipline of International Relations is still reluctant to engage in studies of individual agency in the international structure.1 Two prominent examples ...

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  • D espite recent studies on leadership, the discipline of International Relations is still reluctant to engage in studies of individual agency in the international structure.1 Two prominent examples are the leader of the Catholic Church, the pope, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (UNSG)

  • The article unfolds in three sections: in the first, I look at the potential of comparing the two positions in terms of moral leadership and their emphasis of the common good

  • While there is no way to foresee the end of the current papacy, Francis seems to be an indicator that supports the main thesis of this article: it is the combination of institutions and individuals that shapes their positions and establishes the power of moral leadership that eventually transforms institutions (Franco 2013a, 2013b; Ivereigh 2015)

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Introduction

D espite recent studies on leadership, the discipline of International Relations is still reluctant to engage in studies of individual agency in the international structure.1 Two prominent examples are the leader of the Catholic Church, the pope, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (UNSG). Neither of them is a leader in control of considerable hard power, yet both exemplify the puzzle of how institutions, individuals, and moral authority relate in leadership.

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