PODCAST: The Return of Syrian Refugees Has Begun. And it is Becoming a Tactic of War1.5 million Syrian refugees are in Lebanon today. But as the fighting quells in areas of Syria, some of these...
President Trump Will Preside Over a UN Security Council Meeting About Iran. Iran’s President May Be There, TooNikki Haley previewed a potential showdown at the Security Council between Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. Both...
Here’s Why the Security Council Should Not Refer Burmese Authorities to the International Criminal CourtEd note. This is a special guest post from Mark Kersten, who is the Deputy Director of the Wayamo Foundation as well...
PODCAST: There’s New Evidence of China’s Brutal Repression of its Uighur PopulationIn mid-August the UN’s Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said that up to 1 million ethnic Uighurs in...
Remembering Ambassador Princeton LymanAmbassador Princeton Lyman passed away last week at the age of 82. He was a widely respected Africa policy expert...
American Companies Earn a Handsome Profit from the United NationsThe United Nations is a boon to American businesses. New research from the Better World Campaign finds that American companies...
A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a “Bloodbath”The Syrian war may be entering its final phase. Rebel fighters from various factions are now concentrated in Idlib, in...
PODCAST: This is How Nuclear War Breaks Out With North Korea On March 21, 2020 North Korea shoots down a South Korean civilian airliner, mistaking it for a US bomber....
Kofi Annan could never really be satisfied with the world as it was. He was one of the world’s last great idealistsMy first meaningful interaction with Kofi Annan was a press conference at the United Nations in September 2005. It was...
