Polio, Peacekeeping and Why the Universal Postal Union is Mundane Multilateralism at its Best“A rare bright spot amid the disastrous conflict in the Gaza Strip.” That is how UNICEF described the successful first...
Everything You Need to Know About the Summit of the FutureThe significance of the Summit of the Future is a somewhat tricky to convey. On the one hand, it is...
WATCH: UN Secretary General Invokes Physics to Explain Why American Leadership is Necessary for World Order
Can an 18-Year-Old Security Council Resolution Prevent a Wider War in the Middle East? | Plus: Sierra Leone and ECOSOC in the SpotlightBefore we sat down to record this week’s episode, authorities in Iran announced that Hamas’ political leader, Ismael Haniyeh, was...
The UN Offers an Off-Ramp from All-Out War Between Hezbollah and IsraelWe are as close as ever to an all out war between Israel and Hezbollah. A Hezbollah rocket attack killed...
What Kamala Harris Thinks About the United NationsKamala Harris had a thin foreign policy record before becoming Vice President in 2021. However, during her time as Vice...
What Would a Second Trump Presidency Mean for the UN?| An Interview with Malta’s UN AmbassadorIt’s been a tumultuous week in American politics: an assassination attempt on Trump, JD Vance nominated as the Republican vice...
Ukraine and Russia Clash at the Security Council | The Sustainable Development Goals Get Their Annual Check Up | Kamala Harris + the UN?There’s a great deal of uncertainty in Washington, D.C. over President Joe Biden’s capacity to run as the Democratic nominee...
Russia Assumes the Presidency of the Security Council | Whither R2P? | Republicans Seek to Defund the UNA new month means a new president of the UN Security Council. On July 1, Russia took the helm of...
Can UN Peacekeepers Stop a War in Lebanon? | To Save Us From HellThe situation in Southern Lebanon is extremely precarious. Israel is positioning more and more military assets along its northern border, while Hezbollah...
What Putin’s North Korea Visit Means for the United Nations | Progress on Gaza and Sudan at the Security Council | Plus, Who Should Replace UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths?As we sat down to record the debut episode of our new podcast about the United Nations on Wednesday afternoon,...
Introducing “To Save Us From Hell,” A New Podcast About the United Nations “The United Nations was not created in order to deliver us to heaven, but in order to save us...
It’s Security Council Election Time at the United NationsBy the end of the week, there will be five new members elected to the United Nations Security Council. On...
How “Pause Clauses” in World Bank Loans from an Idea to International PolicySome of the most heavily indebted countries in the world are also the ones most vulnerable to climate-induced natural disasters....