Ideas
‘We Shouldn’t Be Buying the Taliban’s Excuse’
The Afghan national security adviser wants his government to take over after a failed year of U.S. negotiations. But now the country has an uncertain election to contend with.
Threats
Trump Delivers Populist Message to the UN — and US Voters
The president put 2020 politics front and center in his third address to the General Assembly.
Ideas
America Is Abandoning the International Systems that Made It Great
Though Trump has accelerated its decline, the crisis of multilateralism has much deeper roots.
Ideas
Yes, the UN Is Still Necessary
In his dramatic Dec. 4 speech decrying the international body, Secretary of State Pompeo seems to have confused cause and correlation.
Policy
Trump Taps Loyalist Fox News Veteran as UN Ambassador
Heather Nauert, currently the State Department’s chief spokesperson, is not known for challenging her superiors.
Policy
Nikki Haley Touts Values-Based Foreign Policy, Showing Daylight with Trump
In an interview with The Atlantic, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the UN made the case for a values-driven foreign policy, and acknowledged daylight between her and the president.
Policy
Will Nikki Haley Be The Last Trump Official Who Stands Up to Russia?
The American ambassador to the UN, who is stepping down this year, is perhaps the Trump administration’s most forceful, but often solitary, critic of Moscow.
Policy
Russia, US Offer Competing Vision of Cyber Norms to the UN
Two proposed versions of an “international code of conduct for international information security” set up a clash between autocracies and democracies.
Threats
Dire New UN Climate Report Lays Out a Way Ahead
The battle to prevent climate change has already been lost. But the battle to blunt its effects has just begun.
Ideas
Who Will Replace Nikki Haley?
Trump has increasingly sought advisers who are less apt to push back on his disruptive agenda.
Ideas
Want Better Peacekeeping Ops? Add Women
Women are routinely underrepresented in peacekeeping operations, even though their participation has been shown to improve mission effectiveness and advance stability.
Ideas
What Trump's UN Speech Says About What Comes Next
His General Assembly speech laid out his worldview—and offered some clues about what could lie ahead.
Policy
A Solitary and Defiant Message to the UN In Trump’s Second Speech
“We reject the ideology of globalism. And we embrace the doctrine of patriotism,” Trump told world leaders.
Ideas
America is Losing Power and Influence and Must Adapt, Warns UN Secretary General
The "attraction of American society...is today less clear" says António Guterres, in an exclusive interview.
Ideas
Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’
The UN ambassador offered an explanation for abandoning one nuclear deal while pursuing another.
Ideas
Syria Is Now In Charge of the UN's Disarmament Efforts. Really.
The U.S. says the Assad regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons on civilians should disqualify it from the post.
Ideas
Will the Israeli-Iranian Showdown Be in Syria — or New York?
Iran's various rivals and opponents are seeking a UN resolution that would return Tehran to pariah status and undermine its regional gains.
Science & Tech
Russia to the United Nations: Don’t Try to Stop Us From Building Killer Robots
UN efforts to limit or regulate military AI may be failing before they even begin.
Threats
In Fiery UN Speech, Trump Delivers The Far-Right Goods
The black-helicopter crowd, and the president’s base, should love this Bannon-esque, undiplomatic speech, filled with ‘America First,’ ‘radical Islamic extremism,’ and cries for sovereignty over collective security.
Threats
'We Do Not Have Long to Act': Tech Heads Warn UN About Autonomous Arms
SpaceX head Elon Musk and other industry leaders write that autonomy will lead to wider and faster war.
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