Infographic of the Day: A Shocking Statistic About the Toll of War on Syrian ChildrenMarch 15 is the five year anniversary of the uprising that lead to the Syrian civil war. To commemorate the...
“Multilateralism regulates hubris” — a Pearl of Foreign Policy Wisdom from President ObamaThere is a lot to appreciate in Jeffrey Goldberg’s long exploration of President Obama’s foreign policy views. But perhaps nothing...
American Intervention in Somalia Just Got More FierceUnited States Special Forces launched a helicopter raid on an Al Shabaab controlled-town on Tuesday, just days after a US...
Will Member States Finally Stop Peacekeeper Sex Abuse?On Friday, the United Nations released an exceedingly disturbing report that showed the number of allegations of sexual exploitation or...
These New UN Sanctions are a Key Test for the Obama Administration. Will North Korea Give Up the Bomb?The Security Council just enacted the toughest sanctions against North Korea in twenty years. How tough? For one, all shipments...
Cautious Optimism, Syria EditionIt’s been four days since the cessation of hostilities went into effect in Syria. For a conflict that has only consistently...
African Union Diplomacy Fails to Take off in Burundi. Literally and MetaphoricallySouth African President Jacob Zuma and four other heads of state from Ethiopia, Senegal, Gabon and Mauritania joined together in...
Burundi is in a TailspinBurundi is inching ever closer to disaster. The crisis began last year, when President Pierre Nkurinziza decided to run for...
125 Million Reasons to Solve the Humanitarian Financing GapImagine a country of 125 million people, the eleventh most populous nation in the world. This is like no other...