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Girls wearing school uniforms walk past a burning street baricade during demonstrations against widespread kidnappings, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti needs a new, improved UN mission

Charles T. Call

Thursday, December 2, 2021

(L to R) Taehyung/V, Suga, Jin, RM, Jungkook, Jimin and J-Hope of South Korean boy band BTS speak at the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate in UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS

From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

Recruits to join Ethiopia's Defense Force gather during the farewell ceremony at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

How the UN can solidify Ethiopia as an African success story

Abigael Ajuma and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

On the day of 'World Refugee Day,' people across Europe commemorate the 44,000+ victims who died on European borders in the past years. On the beach of Scheveningen, in The Hague, a pop-up memorial monument was placed close to the sea to pay the last respect to the victims. The memorial monument consisted of 44,000 memorial signs out of wood sticking out of the sand on the beach with the names of the victims written on them. (Photo by /Sipa USA)

The 1951 Refugee Convention is falling short of its mission. Could the Global Compact on Refugees help?

Monday, July 26, 2021

Workers from Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis centre in Kerbala, south of Baghdad May 2, 2014. Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. The electoral commission said 60 percent of all voters had so far cast a ballot, according to initial data - but returns were not yet in from some areas. Counting may take three weeks. The commission hopes to declare final results by the end of May. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

The prospects and limitations of United Nations election observation in Iraq

Marsin Alshamary and Maya Nir

Monday, May 3, 2021

It is now time to focus on multilateral order

Bruce Jones and Susana Malcorra

Monday, April 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

UN Human Rights Council: As the US returns, it will have to deal with China and its friends

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Head of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces delegation A. Amhimmid Mohamed Alamami (L) wearing a protective face mask, shakes hands with Head of the Government of National Accords (GNA) military delegation Ahmed Ali Abushahma (R) after signing an agreement for a complete and permanent ceasefire in Libya during fourth round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission talks.

UN engagement with nonstate armed groups for the sake of peace: Driving without a roadmap

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, January 15, 2021

Oakwood avenue in Los Angeles, California

American leadership in advancing the SDGs to achieve equity and sustainability

Anthony F. Pipa, Max Bouchet, and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, November 12, 2020