It’s Campaign Season for UN Secretary General…And It Is Pretty RadicalThe race to become the next UN Secretary General just got slightly more crowded yesterday when Helen Clark, former New...
65% of All Humans Will Live in Cities by 2050. The UN Wants You To Be PreparedThis is the latest installment of our Takeaway series in which Alanna Shaikh breaks down the latest and greatest reports...
Another person died of Ebola in West Africa. So Why is the Emergency Considered “Over”?On March 29th, an emergency committee of public health experts, officials and scientists convened by the World Health Organization declared...
Can International Cooperation Stop Global Food Shortages?Ed note. Welcome to The Takeaway, a regular feature in which Alanna Shaikh unpacks the latest think tank and government...
Now that Palmyra Has Been Liberated, A Pathway to Stop ISIS?Palmyra was one of the best preserved sites of antiquity of the last 1,500 years. That was, until ISIS overran...
The UN Wants You to Know that Lentils Can Save Your LifeEd note. This is a special guest post from Deepti Pradhan, Senior Research Analyst in the Yale Office of Development, and...
Does Donald Trump Actually Know How Much the US Pays the United Nations?Donald Trump gave an extended interview to the New York Times this weekend. The part about where he calls for...
At CSW, A Discussion to End to the Harassment of Women OnlineIn a January 2015 report by UN Women and the UN Broadband Commission, nearly three-quarters of women who were online reported...
The Radovan Karadžić Verdict May Help Heal Old Wounds in BosniaMore than 20 years after the Bosnian war ended, the International Criminal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Radovan Karadžić...