George H.W. Bush Was the Strongest Supporter of the UN of Any Modern US PresidentA reader was sifting through the President George H.W. Bush Library archives and passed along a few interesting links of conversations between President Bush and Secretary General Perez de Cuellar.
What is on the Agenda for the COP24 Climate Conference in Katowice, PolandThe UN’s followup to the Paris Climate Agreement kicks off next week for the Conference of Parties climate negotiations. This...
PODCAST: What Cultural Norms Around Rule Breaking and Rule Following Can Teach Us About International RelationsMichelle Gelfand is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Rule Makers,...
The Trump Administration Supported a Ceasefire in Yemen and Then It Did NotThe Trump administration has put the breaks on negotiations in the Security Council over a UK-drafted resolution calling for a...
Is there a Responsible Way to Make Contact with “Uncontacted” Indigenous Peoples?The recent death of an American missionary at the hands of tribespeople on North Sentinel Island in India has brought...
PODCAST: What You Need to Know About Slums Around the WorldMy guest today, Diana Mitlin, is a professor of global urbanism at the Global Development Institute at the University of...
After Decades of Authoritarian Rule is Ethiopia Really on the Path Toward Democratic Renewal?Ethiopia has been getting quite a bit of attention in the news lately for taking seemingly significant shifts towards becoming...
PODCAST: Trump Fought International Law…and the Law Won Another day brings another example of one of Donald Trump’s initiatives being thwarted by international law. A judge in...
Map of the Day: Where Malaria Has Been DefeatedToday’s map comes from the World Health Organization’s flagship malaria report, which was released today. It shows the countries around...