President Trump Will Preside Over a UN Security Council Meeting About Iran. Iran’s President May Be There, Too Mark Leon Goldberg September 5, 2018Nikki Haley previewed a potential showdown at the Security Council between Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Has...
Contagious Bacon? Why the UN is Warning About a New Swine Fever that Can Spread Through Food Alanna Shaikh, MPH September 4, 2018A unique kind of swine fever is spreading rapidly though China. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports...
Here’s Why the Security Council Should Not Refer Burmese Authorities to the International Criminal Court Mark Leon Goldberg August 30, 2018Ed note. This is a special guest post from Mark Kersten, who is the Deputy Director of the Wayamo Foundation as well as ...
PODCAST: There’s New Evidence of China’s Brutal Repression of its Uighur Population Mark Leon Goldberg August 29, 2018In mid-August the UN's Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said that up to 1 million ethnic Uighu...
Remembering Ambassador Princeton Lyman Mark Leon Goldberg August 28, 2018Ambassador Princeton Lyman passed away last week at the age of 82. He was a widely respected Africa policy expert wh...
American Companies Earn a Handsome Profit from the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg August 27, 2018The United Nations is a boon to American businesses.New research from the Better World Campaign finds that American ...
Europe is in the Midst of its Largest Measles Outbreak in Years — Ukraine is a Big Part of the Problem Alanna Shaikh, MPH August 24, 201841,000 cases of measles have been recorded in Europe as of June. Those are the highest numbers we’ve seen in years. Mea...
A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a “Bloodbath” Mark Leon Goldberg August 23, 2018The Syrian war may be entering its final phase. Rebel fighters from various factions are now concentrated in Idlib, ...
A Dam Bursts in Laos — and Unleashes Unexploded American Bombs from the Vietnam War Karen Coates August 22, 2018When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that kille...
