The Real Reason Hillary Clinton is at the UN Today Mythili Sampathkumar March 10, 2015 Hillary Clinton's speech at the United Nations today was always going to be a big deal. But with word that she will hold a press conference afterwards to discuss the email address she used as Secretary of State...
Ambassador Power to Europeans: Come Back to UN Peacekeeping! Mark Leon Goldberg March 9, 2015 Percentage of western European troops in UN Peacekeeping missions UN Peacekeeping used to be a decidedly European project. Twenty Five years ago, Europeans contributed the bulk of troops to UN Pea...
Map of the Day: The Gates-Clinton Data Viz Collaboration Mark Leon Goldberg March 9, 2015 For International Women's Day, the Clinton Foundation and Gates Foundation launched a new project for International Women’s Day yesterday. The website for “No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project” offers a ...
4 Ways “House Of Cards” Gets the UN Wrong Penelope Chester March 6, 2015 House of Cards Season 3 made its debut on Netflix last week, bringing everyone's favorite sleazy Washington politician back to our screens for another round of Machiavellian storytelling. This season, Frank Und...
Why Healthcare Systems in the Developing World Need a Shot in the Arm Mark Leon Goldberg March 5, 2015 The ebola crisis has demonstrated that countries with very weak health care systems are extremely vulnerable to an otherwise preventable disease outbreak. Now that the crisis is on the wane, organizations are t...
Meet a 2015-er: Emilia Saiz Mythili Sampathkumar March 4, 2015 "We have in our membership mayors of over 200 cities which are each bigger than nearly 60 member states!" -- Emilia Saiz This is the third installment of our "Meet A 2015-er" series that profiles the...
The Unfortunately Enduring Legacy of Kony2012 Carol Jean Gallo March 2, 2015 For over twenty years, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, has terrorized civilians in its attempt to overthrow the government of Uganda. The group's activities have affected the entire region...
Map of the Day: Barrel Bombs in Syria Mythili Sampathkumar February 25, 2015 Today's map comes from Human Rights Watch, which has released new research into the use of barrel bombs in the ongoing conflict in Syria. It may seem like a trivial point to research and argue agai...
Episode 54: Stephen Walt Mark Leon Goldberg February 23, 2015 Stephen Walt is one of America's best known international relations theorists. He's probably most famous for his "Balance of Threat" theory, which was published in his groundbreaking study "The Origins of Allia...
