Here’s Why the Security Council Should Not Refer Burmese Authorities to the International Criminal CourtEd note. This is a special guest post from Mark Kersten, who is the Deputy Director of the Wayamo Foundation as well...
PODCAST: There’s New Evidence of China’s Brutal Repression of its Uighur PopulationIn mid-August the UN’s Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said that up to 1 million ethnic Uighurs in...
Remembering Ambassador Princeton LymanAmbassador Princeton Lyman passed away last week at the age of 82. He was a widely respected Africa policy expert...
American Companies Earn a Handsome Profit from the United NationsThe United Nations is a boon to American businesses. New research from the Better World Campaign finds that American companies...
Europe is in the Midst of its Largest Measles Outbreak in Years — Ukraine is a Big Part of the Problem41,000 cases of measles have been recorded in Europe as of June. Those are the highest numbers we’ve seen in...
A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a “Bloodbath”The Syrian war may be entering its final phase. Rebel fighters from various factions are now concentrated in Idlib, in...
A Dam Bursts in Laos — and Unleashes Unexploded American Bombs from the Vietnam WarWhen the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water...
PODCAST: This is How Nuclear War Breaks Out With North Korea On March 21, 2020 North Korea shoots down a South Korean civilian airliner, mistaking it for a US bomber....
Kofi Annan could never really be satisfied with the world as it was. He was one of the world’s last great idealistsMy first meaningful interaction with Kofi Annan was a press conference at the United Nations in September 2005. It was...