A Ceasefire, But Not Peace for Nagorno-KarabakhOn November 9th the warring parties in Nagorno-Karabakh signed a ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia. The agreement comes after weeks...
A Civil War Looms in EthiopiaEthiopia is on the brink of a potentially devastating civil war. On November 4th, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...
Veteran European Diplomat Gerard Araud Discusses Joe Biden’s Election and the Future of Trans-Atlantic RelationsGerard Araud is the former French Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations. I reached out to him...
Protests in Thailand, ExplainedOn October 14th, something very unusual happened in Thailand when a Royal Motorcade carrying the Queen brushed up against a...
Biological Weapons: Still a Huge Global Threat!It’s the late summer and an unexplained influenza virus is killing international travelers. Researchers quickly identify the virus as a...
Happy Birthday, UN: What the United Nation’s 75th Anniversary Tells Us About the Future of International Relations and MultilateralismOn October 24, 1945 the San Francisco Treaty that established the United Nations entered into force. The United Nations, as...
How Protests Against Police Brutality in Nigeria Sparked a Mass Social MovementIn early October a video began to circulate on social media in Nigeria depicting a gruesome act of police brutality....
COVID-19 is Forcing a Reckoning in the Humanitarian Aid IndustryThe constellation of UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and local actors that respond when people’s lives are upended by a natural...
The World Food Program Wins the Nobel Peace Prize. These Two Podcast Episodes Take You Inside the Work of the WFPThe World Food Program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution...