Threats
US, Russia Spar Over Ukraine At Confrontational U.N. Meeting
Russian official claims the U.S. is trying to “drive a wedge” between Moscow and Kyiv with “unfounded accusations.”
Threats
US to Russia: Explain Your Military Buildup to the UN
The UN Security Council will meet on Monday in the latest diplomatic move amid tensions.
Ideas
What Can the United Nations Do About Counterterrorism?
It’s time to take a long hard look at the UN’s 20-year old counterterrorism architecture.
Threats
Biden Counters China’s Allegations Of A New ‘Cold War’ In UN Speech
The president’s remarks on human rights, freedom of navigation, and authoritarianism were a thinly veiled message to Beijing.
Policy
Biden to Pitch Partnership at UN, Amid Tension With France and Other Allies
The withdrawal from Afghanistan “opens the chapter” for diplomacy, a senior administration official said.
Policy
Foreign Governments Scramble To Leave Afghanistan Amid Violence and Chaos
"It’s sad that the West has done what it’s done," says UK defense secretary as NATO, UN, G7 react to Taliban takeover.
Ideas
What Biden Told Me on the Train After Trump’s First UN Speech
In the Biden-Harris vision, my multi-ethnic family is the fulfillment of America’s promise to the world.
Ideas
Lebanon Needs More than US Sanctions
Hezbollah must go. Here's how the international community can help develop a democratic and secular system that works for the people.
Ideas
Don't Be Fooled. Trump’s Cuts to WHO Aren’t About the Coronavirus
Republicans have been hating on international organizations for decades. This is just a convenient excuse to take another shot, and it harms American security.
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