9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018From potential nuclear armageddon to a new global compact on migration, and much in between– UN Dispatch presents our annual...
14 UN Peacekeepers Have Been Killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Worst Attacks Against the UN in YearsAn attack against UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 14 blue helmets and injured scores...
The Trump Administration Just Re-Introduced a Controversial Weapon Back into the US ArsenalCluster bombs are back in the U.S. military arsenal. A Department of Defense memo released last week reversed an impending...
The Trump Administration Pulls out of the Global Compact on Migration for No Good reasonThe Global Compact on Migration doesn’t exist. Rather, it was a proposal born out of a United Nations General Assembly...
Female Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Are Suffering the Consequences of Trump’s Decision to Defund a Key UN AgencyAs thousands of Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar in the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world, the focus of...
Why it Makes Sense to Make a Big Deal About Human Rights Violations AbroadWhen President Trump met his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte last week, there was some discrepancy over whether or not the...
The UN’s Nightmare Scenario is Currently Unfolding in YemenEven before a blockade was imposed around Yemen, some 7 million people faced famine-like conditions. Over 900,000 people were sickened by...
How Trump’s Radical Approach to “Sovereignty” is shaping International RelationsDonald Trump’s approach to sovereignty is not unique in American history. There is a longstanding political tradition that seeks no...
Sudan is still listed as a state sponsor of terrorism – so why did the US just lift sanctions?Earlier this month, the US government decided to lift economic sanctions on Sudan. These sanctions have been in place since 1997, and were...
