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Telecom Bust Near the UN Reveals New National Security Vulnerability

Telecom Bust Near the UN Reveals New National Security Vulnerability

DEEP DIVE — When Secret Service agents swept into an inconspicuous building near the United Nations General Assembly late last month, they weren’t [...] More

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The UN Cybercrime Convention is Digital Solidarity's First Real Test

OPINION — Earlier this year, the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of [...] More

After Saying "Never Again," Will the World Respond to Genocide in Darfur?

After Saying "Never Again," Will the World Respond to Genocide in Darfur?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - Afraid to show his face and wedged into an overstuffed refugee camp on Sudan’s border with Chad, a middle-aged man [...] More

Where Are We 70 Years After the ROK-US Treaty?

OPINION — This is the 70th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK), signed October 1, 1953. It’s [...] More

UN Peacekeepers on the way out as Terrorists gain ground in Mali

UN Peacekeepers on the way out as Terrorists gain ground in Mali

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — As the Mali government grapples with political turmoil, a splinter faction of the militant group ISIS, known as ISIS-GS or [...] More

Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy

Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month, the US government expelled 13 Russian diplomats working at the United [...] More

Climate Change, Iran, Dominate Headlines at 2019 UN General Assembly

Bottom Line Up FrontAt the 2019 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which kicked off this week, topics including Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia [...] More

Last Stand in Idlib?

Bottom Line Up FrontThe Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies are making moves to retake Idlib from the last remaining pocket of rebel [...] More

Libya Devolves Further Into Anarchy

Bottom Line Up FrontA serious military escalation is underway in Libya as General Khalifa Haftar and his forces move to take Tripoli.The battle is [...] More

A Tenuous Peace Deal in the Central African Republic

Bottom Line UpfrontEarlier this month, fourteen armed groups from Central African Republic agreed to a peace agreement following talks in Khartoum, [...] More

The Challenge of Intensifying Climate Change

Bottom Line Up FrontEven as President Trump occasionally mocks the science underpinning global warming, the trend lines show an undeniable and [...] More

Special Operations Meets Human Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says countries around the world are detecting and reporting more victims of human trafficking than ever [...] More

A Dramatic Escalation Between Russia and Ukraine

Bottom Line Up FrontAfter months of increasing restrictions, Russia recently blockaded the Sea of Azov at the Kerch Strait, denying Ukrainian ships [...] More