From the perspective of the United Nations, the crisis in Iraq cannot be disaggregated from the crisis in Syria.
I speak with the United Nations Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliason who shares his deep concern that ISIS’s offensive in Iraq and Syria’s escalating conflict could plunge the entire region into sectarian war. I also speak with Bettina Luescher, spokesperson for the World Food Program, who discusses the UN’s humanitarian response to the Iraq and Syria crises.
Look out for more of these conversations from the United Nations on Monday. Have a listen!
Previous episodes
Episode 21: Thomas Pickering, former Ambassador to the UN, Israel, Jordan, Russia, India and more.
Episode 20: Jessica Tuchman Matthews, foreign policy trendsetter
Egypt After the Counter Revolution
Episode 19: Louise Arbour, human rights pioneer.
What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy Speech
Episode 18: Zalmay Khalizad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN.
Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of a Civil War
Episode 17: Gov Bill Richardson, he frees hostages.
The Foreign Policy Implications of India’s Elections
Episode 16: Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children
Episode: 15 Laura Turner Seydel, philanthropist
Episode 14: Douglas Ollivant, Iraq expert
Episode 13: Gary Bass, historian
Episode 12: Mark Montgomery, demographer
Episode 11: Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watcher
Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume 2.
Episode 9: Mia Farrow, humanitarian activist and Goodwill Ambassador