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....
Everything You Want to Know About the ICC Case Involving Israel and HamasI have been covering the International Criminal Court as a journalist for nearly as long as the Court’s been in existence. And...
How Civil Society is Contributing to the UN’s Summit of the FutureThousands of delegates gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, last week for the UN Civil Society Conference. The gathering was dedicated to...