The UN Climate Action Summit, Explained Mark Leon Goldberg September 16, 2019The UN General Assembly convenes at United Nations headquarters in New York next week. As in every year, UNGA is an annual opportunity for heads of state to come to the United Nations to meet each other and add...
What is Next for Peace Talks With the Taliban? Mark Leon Goldberg September 12, 2019In late August it appeared that the United States was very close to an agreement with the Taliban that would see US troops withdraw from the Afghanistan.Leading the negotiations on the US-side was Zalmay Kh...
John Bolton Did Not Get His Wars With Iran and North Korea. But He Still Did Real Damage as National Security Advisor Mark Leon Goldberg September 10, 2019John Bolton resigned as National Security Advisor, having failed to convince President Trump to pursue Bolton's preferred foreign policy goals, including wars with Iran and North Korea.Still, in his short s...
Why Do Journalists Keep Getting Arrested in Tanzania? Mark Leon Goldberg September 9, 2019Tanzania has long been recognized as stable country, generally more advanced in its democracy than many other countries in East Africa. To be sure, democracy in Tanzania was certainly imperfect and flawed. But ...
Japan and South Korea Are Locked in A Bitter Dispute With Global Implications Mark Leon Goldberg September 5, 2019Japan and South Korea are in the throws of a dispute - and its getting worse. What was a trade war escalated to the security realm last month when the South Korean government announced that it was pulling out o...
War Crimes in Yemen Mark Leon Goldberg September 3, 2019The United Nations Human Rights Council has released a devastating new report on war crimes in Yemen. The report was released today by an independent panel of experts empowered by the Human Rights Council to id...
Jair Bolsonaro and the Destruction of the Amazon Mark Leon Goldberg August 29, 2019Fires raging in the Amazon have captured the world's attention and put focus on the policies of the Brazilian government.The true extent of the fires is not yet known--but most sources suggest that the scal...
What’s Behind the Protests in Kashmir? Mark Leon Goldberg August 28, 2019Ed note. This op-ed, from Sumit Ganguly of Indiana University, is cross posted with permission from The ConversationIndia recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state...
The United Nations Comes to Salt Lake City Mark Leon Goldberg August 26, 2019The United Nations is in Utah this week. The annual United Nations Civil Society Conference is being held in Salt Lake City, which marks the first time that a major UN conference is being held in a United Stat...
