Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Won The Nobel Peace Prize. But His Peace Plan is Under Threat. Here’s WhyColombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. It was a fitting honor for a man...
The Next UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres “Speaks Truth To Power.” (So how is it that the most powerful countries in the world selected him?)Antonio Guterres is a paradoxical figure to become the next UN Secretary General. As the longtime head of the UN...
Meet the Next UN Secretary General: Antonio GuterresAntonio Guterres will be the next UN Secretary General. After six straw polls, the Security Council has unified around his...
There is a Key Vote Happening Today to Decide the Next UN Secretary GeneralEd note. I’ll update this post once the results are in. UPDATE: It’s in. Antonio Guterres, the former head of...
Haiti – Will We Get it Right this time?Hurricane Matthew made landfall on Haiti yesterday. It killed several people, destroyed homes, roads, bridges, and rendered thousands of people...
The Paris Agreement is Coming to Life MUCH Earlier Than ExpectedOn Sunday, India formally ratified the Paris Agreement. And on Tuesday, the European Union did the same. Now, in the...
With Hurricane Bearing Down on Haiti, Another Reminder that Climate Change is a Global InjusticeEd note. The worst Hurricane in a decade has just touched land in Haiti. Of course, any single weather event...
The International Organization for Migration joined the United Nations. This is a big deal for millions around the world.Amid all the meetings and events on migration last week at the UN, a major development went largely unnoticed. The...
Could this late entrant into the race to replace Ban Ki Moon to become the next UN Secretary General?Kristalina Georgieva was always a sleeper candidate for UN Secretary General. She’s a top international diplomat from Bulgaria who has...