UN Syria Envoy Geir Pedersen is Suddenly the Key Diplomat Managing the International Response to Syria’s Political Transition.When the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, it had all the makings of a monumental catastrophe. The Secretary-General at...
The 32 Global Crises the UN Expects to Confront in 2025The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released its annual assessment of global humanitarian needs today....
Why Ebola is No Longer a Great Global ThreatListeners will no doubt remember the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014–2016. More than 28,600 people were infected, and 11,325 people...
What’s the Relationship Between the ICC and the UN? | A COP29 Update | Another US Veto | World, Meet Tom FletcherWe cover a lot of ground in this week’s episode. Just hours before we recorded our conversation, the ICC issued...
Three Reasons the United Nations May Be Moderately Relieved By Trump’s Decision to Pick Elise Stefanik as UN AmbassadorDonald Trump has appointed New York Representative Elise Stefanik as his incoming Ambassador to the UN. Once widely seen as...
What the Republican Election Sweep Means for the United NationsRepublicans will soon control the House of Representatives, the Senate, and, of course, the White House. What does this Republican...
What a Second Trump Presidency Means for the UNThe important thing to understand about Donald Trump’s approach to the United Nations is that he is not intrinsically hostile...
UNIFIL Peacekeepers Injured By Chemical Agent | Guterres Goes to Russia | Can the UN Save Biodiversity?The Israeli Defense Forces have continued their deliberate attacks on UN peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon, including an incident in...
Sudan’s “Emergency Response Rooms” Show the Future of Humanitarian AidWhen Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, something at once very common and profoundly extraordinary took place. In the...
