How the United States Can Strengthen UN Peacekeeping and Support International Peace and Security Mark Leon Goldberg January 4, 2021 One of the most visible tools of international cooperation on peace and security are UN Peacekeepers -- Blue Helmets. Since the advent of UN Peacekeeping in the late 1940s, the institution of UN Peacekeeping and the circumstances in which Blue Helmets deploy h...
How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance a Global Human Rights Agenda Mark Leon Goldberg December 28, 2020 The last four years have altered the global human rights landscape in some significant ways. The Trump administration by and large abandoned multilateral forums for advancing a human rights agenda, like the UN Human Rights Council. At the same time China has b...
How the Biden Administration Can Reset America’s Approach to Refugees, Asylum Seekers and International Migration Mark Leon Goldberg December 21, 2020 The United States has a long history of supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Until the Trump administration took office, the United States was the single largest country for refugee resettlement in the world. In most years prior to 2017, about half of all r...
A Global Health Agenda for the Biden Administration Mark Leon Goldberg December 14, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has made global health a top tier issue in Washington. In today's episode we explore what opportunities might exist for the incoming Biden administration and Congress to advance a global health agenda premised on strengthening internation...
