Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy
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Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’
Climate Change, Iran, Dominate Headlines at 2019 UN General Assembly
Bottom Line Up Front At 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 Front The Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies are making moves to retake Idlib from the last remaining pocket of […] More
Libya Devolves Further Into Anarchy
Bottom Line Up Front A serious military escalation is underway in Libya as General Khalifa Haftar and his forces move to take Tripoli. The […] More
A Tenuous Peace Deal in the Central African Republic
Bottom Line Upfront Earlier this month, fourteen armed groups from Central African Republic agreed to a peace agreement following talks in Khartoum, Sudan. The […] More
The Challenge of Intensifying Climate Change
Bottom Line Up Front Even as President Trump occasionally mocks the science underpinning global warming, the trend lines show an undeniable and intensifying climate […] More
Special Operations Meets Human Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that countries around the world today are detecting and reporting more victims of human trafficking than […] More
A Dramatic Escalation Between Russia and Ukraine
Bottom Line Up Front After months of increasing restrictions, Russia recently blockaded the Sea of Azov at the Kerch Strait, denying Ukrainian ships the […] More
The Islamic State of Graves
Bottom Line Up Front On November 6, the United Nations stated it had found over 200 mass graves in Iraq in areas once held […] More
Iran Expert Quick Take
Leslie Ireland is the former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis. She joined Treasury in 2010 after 25 years at CIA where […] More
War Crimes in Yemen
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Wielding Aid as a Cudgel May Backfire, When Most Already Vote with US
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Trump’s Tough U.N. Rhetoric Reassures U.S. Allies
President Donald Trump delivered his address this week at the United Nations General Assembly with a focus on the importance of sovereignty and the threats […] More
Trump Lashes North Korea, Slams Iran Nuclear Deal in U.N. Speech
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Geopolitics Eclipses International law at the UN
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The Devil Was in the Details: The Failure of UN efforts in Cyberspace
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Former Acting CIA Director: Don’t Overreact to North Korean Provocations
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Should a Tech Giant Sit on the UN Security Council?
The technology sector continues to disrupt and remake scores of industries, from brick and mortar retail, to medicine, transportation, operations management, and financial services. Government […] More
Leaving the Paris Climate Accord: Why it Matters
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Blue Helmets Under Fire – From Trump
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U.S. Benefits from UN Peacekeeping
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UN Peacekeeping Under the Knife?
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A Tale of Three Libyas
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Algeria Takes the Lead in Libya
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