How the United States Can Embrace a Feminist Foreign Policy Mark Leon Goldberg March 15, 2021 Fifty days into the Biden-Harris administration, the United States has taken a number of key steps to revive multilateralism as a pillar of American foreign policy. Over the past several weeks on the Global Dis...
How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Seize this Moment in Climate Diplomacy Mark Leon Goldberg February 16, 2021 2021 will be a consequential year for climate action. Several key moments in international climate diplomacy culminates in November in a major United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. T...
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 an...
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 ...
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...
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 h...
Legendary US Diplomat Thomas Pickering Explains How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back Mark Leon Goldberg December 3, 2020 Ambassador Thomas Pickering is a legendary retired US foreign service officer. He had a four decade career in diplomacy, including stints as United States ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, and El Sa...
How Joe Biden Could Restore US Leadership at the United Nations in His First 100 Days Mark Leon Goldberg December 1, 2020 The first 100 days of any new presidential administration offers a key inflection point, signaling the policies that the new administration will prioritize and champion. It is during those first 100 days that t...