Farrall, JeremyLoiselle, Marie-EveMichaelson, ChristopherPrantl, JochenWhalan, Jeni2020-11-050922-1565http://hdl.handle.net/1885/213966This article reassesses how members of the UN Security Council exercise influence over the Council's decision-making process, with particular focus on the ten elected members (the E10). A common understanding of Security Council dynamics accords predominance to the five permanent members (the P5), suggesting bleak prospects for the Council as a forum that promotes the voices and representation of the 188 non-permanent members. The assumption is that real power rests with the P5, while the E10 are there to make up the numbers. By articulating a richer account of Council dynamics, this article contests the conventional wisdom that P5 centrality crowds out space for the E10 to influence Council decision-making. It also shows that opportunities for influencing Council decision-making go beyond stints of elected membership. It argues that the assumed centrality of the P5 on the Council thus needs to be qualified and re-evaluated.application/pdfen-AU© 2019 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Lawdecsion-makingelected members’ influencereformUN Security Council2019-11-2810.1017/S09221565190006572020-07-06