Is the Simone Gbagbo Verdict Justice for Côte d’Ivoire?This week, the former first lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Simone Gbagbo, along with 82 co-accused, was convicted by an Ivoirian...
Meet a 2015er: Nicole Cardinal“An analogy we often use when talking to member states is if we were designing a life boat and you...
The Real Reason Hillary Clinton is at the UN TodayHillary Clinton’s speech at the United Nations today was always going to be a big deal. But with word that...
Ambassador Power to Europeans: Come Back to UN Peacekeeping! UN Peacekeeping used to be a decidedly European project. Twenty Five years ago, Europeans contributed the bulk of troops...
Map of the Day: The Gates-Clinton Data Viz CollaborationFor International Women’s Day, the Clinton Foundation and Gates Foundation launched a new project for International Women’s Day yesterday. The...
4 Ways “House Of Cards” Gets the UN WrongHouse of Cards Season 3 made its debut on Netflix last week, bringing everyone’s favorite sleazy Washington politician back to...
Why Healthcare Systems in the Developing World Need a Shot in the ArmThe ebola crisis has demonstrated that countries with very weak health care systems are extremely vulnerable to an otherwise preventable...
Meet a 2015-er: Emilia Saiz“We have in our membership mayors of over 200 cities which are each bigger than nearly 60 member states!” —...
The Unfortunately Enduring Legacy of Kony2012For over twenty years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, has terrorized civilians in its attempt to...
