When the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, it had all the makings of a monumental catastrophe. The Secretary-General at the time, Ban Ki-moon, was not the same kind of jet-setting international peace ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released its annual assessment of global humanitarian needs today. It’s a grim document. The report, known as the Global ...

Donald Trump has appointed New York Representative Elise Stefanik as his incoming Ambassador to the UN. Once widely seen as a rising Republican star, Stefanik at the time became the youngest woman ...

The important thing to understand about Donald Trump’s approach to the United Nations is that he is not intrinsically hostile to it. In his first administration, he had several productive engagements ...

When Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, something at once very common and profoundly extraordinary took place. In the first few weeks of Sudan’s civil war, neighborhoods, mostly in and around ...

When President Biden approached the General Assembly dais, I expected a bit of a historical tour of his 50-year career in public service. He delivered on that. I also expected him to speak directly to ...

As I write, hundreds of world leaders are on their way to New York for the opening of the 79th United Nations General Assembly. This is always one of the most important moments in international ...

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Thousands of delegates gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, last week for the UN Civil Society Conference. The gathering was dedicated to the upcoming Summit of the Future, a major UN conference in September ...

By Aishwarya Machani Never before have more people had more opportunities for political expression. 4.2 billion people worldwide will have a chance to hit the polls this year, making it the biggest ...

Alexander Ward ia national security reporter for POLITICO and author of the book “The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump.” We discuss the implications of Mitch ...