This Broadside from a US Diplomat is Going Viral on Facebook: “I’m asking people stop blindly criticizing us and put away the shoes they’re polishing to dance on our graves”Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is reportedly seeking deep personnel cuts in the State Department in order to make room...
Chart of the Day: How the United States Funds the United NationsHow much does the United States spend at the United Nations? Where in the United Nations system does that funding...
PODCAST: Photographer Marcus Bleasdale Documents Human Rights Abuses Around the WorldThe internationally acclaimed and award-winning photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale has a spread in the latest issue of National Geographic documenting conflict in...
The United States and China Just Presented Two Very Different Plans With the Same Goal: Getting rid of North Korea’s Nukes. Which Will Work?In a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered the Trump administration’s...
What’s Next for AfghanistanWhen I reached former UN Dispatch contributor Ahmad Shuja in Kabul, the country was still reeling from the deadliest single Taliban...
Nearly Every Living Former US Ambassador to the UN Just Signed This Letter to CongressNine former United States Ambassadors to the United Nations, who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, wrote to key...
The Security Council Goes to WashingtonThe 15 member UN Security Council is visiting Washington, DC. It’s a field trip of sorts from headquarters in New...
The World Food Program Needs $961 Million to Avert 20 Million Deaths From FamineThe statistics are only getting worse. Nearly 20 million people across four countries are currently at risk of famine. This...
The Crisis in Venezuela, explainedVenezuela is at yet another crisis point. The government of Nicolas Maduro is facing steep opposition from the very people...
