UN Dispatch is Moving to SubstackI’ll cut to the chase: Because of some funding decisions out of our control, UN Dispatch is pivoting to a...
Trump and Putin Just Ganged Up Against Ukraine at the UN. Here is How Every Country VotedThe UN General Assembly met this morning to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Under normal...
Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from WHO Jeopardizes Global Health and American SafetyIt’s official. The United States is seeking to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Though this move had been...
What to Expect at the UN in 2025A new year. A new United Nations. In our 2025 debut episode of To Save Us From Hell, Anjali Dayal and...
How the UN Can Help SyriaIt’s a new day in Damascus. But what about New York? For the last 14 years, the United Nations’ role...
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...
