With No One Watching, Burundi Slides Further into RepressionThe release of Reporters Without Borders annual Press Freedom index this week coincided with a grim anniversary for Burundi, which...
The Budget Passed by Congress Cuts UN Peacekeeping. This may not end well.The budget passed by Congress to avert a shutdown will fund government operations through the end of the fiscal year...
The United States and China Just Presented Two Very Different Plans With the Same Goal: Getting rid of North Korea’s Nukes. Which Will Work?In a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered the Trump administration’s...
Nearly Every Living Former US Ambassador to the UN Just Signed This Letter to CongressNine former United States Ambassadors to the United Nations, who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, wrote to key...
This Terrorist Group is Sinking to a New Low. “Alarming Surge” in Children Used as Suicide BombersThe terrorist group is most famously responsible for the abduction of some 200 schoolgirls three years ago. And now, a new...
Here is How the United Nations is Responding to the US Bombing of Syria A unilateral decision by the United States to launch airstrikes against Syrian military targets presents a clear dilemma for...
With Civilian Deaths Mounting in Mosul, Will the International Criminal Court Intervene?The Battle of Mosul that began last October is becoming increasingly deadly for the civilians still trapped in the city. At...
Two UN Investigators Reportedly Slain in Congo. They Served HumanityOn March 17, a team from the UN went missing while traveling on a road in central Democratic Republic of Congo...
UN Peacekeeping is not some charity. It Protects Americans and American Interests from Threats AbroadSlashing funding to UNICEF is just cruel. But you can also make the case that preventing children in poor countries...