Mark Leon Goldberg | Podcast Host, Author, Editor

Responsibility to Protect and South Sudan

At a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lisbon, Ban Ki Moon fielded a question about whether or not NATO countries might intervene in South Sudan if things turned for the worse.

ICC to Guinea: You’re On Notice!

It would seem that Guinea is teetering on the edge of a descent into violence. Can a letter from the International Criminal Court deter further violence?

U.S. Global Engagement Gets A Grassroots Boost

Big news in the U.S. global engagement front: At a gala dinner in New York last night, it was announced that the UN Foundation is joining in a strategic alliance with the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA).

New Head of UNFPA

Secretary General Ban Ki Moon appointed Babatunde Osotimehin, a former health minister of Nigeria, as the new head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Live Blogging the NATO Summit

General Petraeus, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Greece will all be on hand. Plus, I am moderating a panel discussion this afternoon with NATO's Senior Civilian Representative Mark Sedwill, the top UN official in Afghanistan Steffan de Mistura and Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan presidential candidate, now affiliated with the Institute for State Effectiveness.