Why Are Protesters Being Shot Dead in Cameroon?Over the course of the past year, Cameroon has been experiencing internal turmoil and instability related to grievances pitting an...
Is the Trump Administration Learning to Love UN Peacekeeping?Yesterday, in an otherwise bellicose and nationalist speech, President Donald Trump did single out UN Peacekeeping as a worthy endeavor...
20 Years Ago Today, Ted Turner Announced his $1 Billion Gift to the United NationsOn September 18, 1997 Ted Turner stunned an audience gathered at a United Nations Association gala dinner. He was there...
Donald Trump’s First Meeting at the United Nations is About UN Reform. Here’s What That MeansDonald Trump’s debut at the United Nations comes one day before his speech to the General Assembly. On Monday, Trump...
PODCAST: The Rohingya of Myanmar are victims of an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing. What can stop it?Nearly 400,000 ethnic Rohingya have fled Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh. That number is increasing by the day. Those...
The UN Just Slapped New Sanctions on North Korea. Here’s How These Sanctions Are DifferentThe Security Council has unanimously passed a new series of sanctions on North Korea over it’s unrelenting quest to bolster...
New Research Finds a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak Violent ConflictThe high price of getting married can lead young men to take up arms. That is the conclusion of a...
Podcast: Former Senator Sam Nunn Explains How a New “Fuel Bank” Can Curb Nuclear ProliferationThe world may just have gotten a little bit safer. In Kazakstan this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency is...
As President Trump Announces a New US Military Strategy, Here’s What the United Nations is Doing in AfghanistanPresident Trump is set to unveil a new US military strategy for Afghanistan in a primetime speech tonight. When he...