5 Stories to Follow for UN Week1) Donald Trump’ Unpredictability Sets the Tone Every UNGA has its sideshows. In past years, this has included things like...
PODCAST: What to Expect from Donald Trump’s Debut at the United NationsWorld leaders gather at the United Nations this week for the annual summit at the United Nations General Assembly. This...
With the US Pulling Out of Climate Commitments, Two Key UN Bodies Face a Cash CrunchWith the US backing away — haltingly — from international climate negotiations, other countries are stepping up to fill a...
PODCAST: The Rohingya of Myanmar are victims of an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing. What can stop it?Nearly 400,000 ethnic Rohingya have fled Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh. That number is increasing by the day. Those...
Can A Better Way to Measure Conflict-Related Deaths Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?The UN General Assembly kicked off its 72nd session this week, and its new president, Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia, has...
Bangladesh Wants to Deport Rohingya to a Remote and Uninhabitable IslandBangladesh is forging ahead with a controversial plan to settle hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar on an isolated,...
The UN Just Slapped New Sanctions on North Korea. Here’s How These Sanctions Are DifferentThe Security Council has unanimously passed a new series of sanctions on North Korea over it’s unrelenting quest to bolster...
The 5 Biggest Health Impacts of Massive HurricanesThe health impact of Hurricane really consists of two parts – injuries and deaths caused by the actual impacts of...
How Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better?With Houston still reeling from Hurricane Harvey, Irma causing massive havoc in the Caribbean, and more storms on the way,...