Author Alexandra Van Dine

Alexandra Van Dine

Alexandra Van Dine is a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow with the Nuclear Threat Initiative, where she works on issues of nuclear materials security and nonproliferation. A graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, she hails from the Boston area.

5 Things About the IAEA That May Surprise You

Alexandra Van Dine

July 15, 2015

Ed note. A nuclear deal with Iran has been struck! This post originally appeared in April, after the framework agreement was signed which lead to yesterday's diplomatic breakthrough. The International Ato...

5 Big Nuclear Security Challenges Beyond Iran

Alexandra Van Dine

March 19, 2015

Ed note. I'm pleased to welcome Alexandra Van Dine to UN Dispatch! The prospect of a nuclear deal with Iran has dominated news coverage, and the world is watching closely as diplomats work round the clock t...

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The White House is Trying to Circumvent Congress to Strip Funding for Diplomacy and Development

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9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018

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A UN Official (Correctly) Calls Trump’s New Travel Ban “Collective Punishment”

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PHOTOS: Inside the World’s Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

Refugees in Limbo with Trump’s Executive Order

This is the First Podcast Interview With the 2017 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

An Inside Look at Slavery in the Fishing Industry

How We Can Feed the World Without Destroying the Planet

War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing Were Committed Against the Rohingya of Myanmar. They Deserve Justice. But How?

Remembering the Yazidi Genocide, Five Years On

Ben Rhodes Discusses Aung San Suu Kyi’s Fall From Grace as a Human Rights Icon

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PHOTOS: Inside the World's Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

Five Powerful Photos from South Sudan

PHOTO ESSAY: Struggles, Hopes and Fears of Women in Nepal, One Year After the Earthquake

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This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations

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This Amazingly Resiliant 13-Year-Old-Girl Escaped Violence in the Central African Republic

A UN Video to Remind the World That Civilians are #NotATarget

VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian Crisis

WATCH: UN Secretary General Invokes Physics to Explain Why American Leadership is Necessary for World Order

WATCH: Rarely Seen Footage from the Conflict in the Central African Republic

Famine, Explained (VIDEO)

VIDEO: There is more plastic in the sea, than stars in the galaxy

5 Things About the IAEA That May Surprise You

5 Big Nuclear Security Challenges Beyond Iran