When Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, something at once very common and profoundly extraordinary took place. In the ...

On September 21, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new initiative - "Sustainable Energy for All". One of the initiative's main goals is to ensure universal access to sustainable energy by ...

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 ...

For most people in the foreign policy world, the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York each September tends to elicit reactions ranging from exasperation to eye-rolls.

It’s an annual UNGA tradition! For the umpteenth year in a row, Richard Gowan, Anjali Dayal, and I sit down ...

“A rare bright spot amid the disastrous conflict in the Gaza Strip.” That is how UNICEF described the successful first phase of a massive polio vaccination campaign in Gaza. Polio was confirmed three ...

There were two possible alternatives to legal action against Mubarak: summary execution or letting him live out his remaining years under house arrest. Surely today's court room action is the more ...

In early March Cote D’Ivoire president Alassane Ouatarra announced that he would not seek a constitutionally dubious third term in office. Instead, he he said he ...

This statement appeared in six American newspapers today. From the Partnership for a Secure America.

It’s an annual UNGA tradition! For the umpteenth year in a row, Richard Gowan, Anjali Dayal, and I sit down... Some of the most heavily indebted countries in the world are also the ones most ...

A prisoner of conscience in Cambodia is set free. But that does not mean the country is becoming any more welcoming of dissent.

The past two decades, immunization efforts have averted an estimated 20 million deaths globally. Yet, for all the progress that has been made--thanks largely to a sustained investment from the United ...