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Trump Pulls Stefanik Nomination for UN Ambassador March 27, 2025

President Trump withdrew Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations Thursday, saying the New York Republican’s exit from the House posed an unacceptable risk to passing his marquee legislation....

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U.S.-South Africa Diplomatic Crisis Provides an Opportunity for a New Beginning March 22, 2025

U.S.-South Africa relations sank to a new low last week after the South African ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, accused the Trump administration of “supremacy” on four occasions during an online lecture on U.S. foreign policy to a South Afr...

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The U.S. and Russia Come Together on Syria March 12, 2025

Following an eruption of violence in Syria, Russia and the U.S. jointly requested a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the developing crisis, according to Dmitry Polyanskiy, a top Russian envoy to the UN. That the t...

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The Crumbling Pillars of Global Order March 01, 2025

From moral clarity to strategic ambiguity: The US position at the UN ...

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Another Big UN Climate Conference November 16, 2024

The overwhelming focus of the environmental movement over the past three decades and more has been the push to eliminate the use of hydrocarbon fuels and transform the world’s energy system into something based on supposedly cleaner wind and sun....

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Ensuring the Safety of U.S. Peacekeepers November 12, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for the withdrawal of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, and headlines of rocket attacks resulting in numerous casualties, have brought to the forefront questi...

Stefanik Accepts Trump's Offer To Be Ambassador to United Nations November 11, 2024

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The UN’s Kosher Stamp for Terror November 02, 2024

Like UNRWA in Gaza, UNIFIL in Lebanon underwrites terrorists while safeguarding the underground bases in which they store weapons and plan to murder Israelis ...

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Algeria: From Anti-Colonial Beacon to Modern Success November 01, 2024

On November 1, 1954, Algeria ignited a revolution that became a defining moment in the global fight against colonialism. The revolution, spearheaded by the National Liberation Front (FLN), was not only a struggle for national independence from French...

Diplomatic Games on UN Security Council Expansion September 24, 2024

Some topics never die at the United Nations. Calls to expand and reform the Security Council is one of those persistent issues. An amendment increasing its size was adopted only once in 1965. But calls for further expansion were raised again only a f...

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Taiwan’s Missing Voice at the UN’s Future Summit September 24, 2024

On September 21st, nearly a dozen nations at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly signed a letter calling on Secretary-General Guterres to add Taiwan to the slate of states participating in the upcoming UN Summit for the Future. Considering th...

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Joe Biden’s Dishonest Farewell Tour September 24, 2024

‘Some things are more important than staying in power,’ Joe Biden just told the United Nations, and the General Assembly broke into sustained applause. Biden left the stage clasping his hand to his chest, so touched that he had so touched the crowd. ...

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First They Take Geneva, Then They Take New York September 21, 2024

The creation of multilateral institutions was the natural response to the horrific destruction wrought during World War II. As global attention swings to New York with the UN General Assembly leaders’ week kicking off on Monday, it’s worth rememberin...

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UN’s 2030 Agenda: ‘Transforming Our World' September 18, 2024

Far from being a call for international cooperation, the initiatives appear to represent a global power grab....

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The U.S. Must Oppose the UN Pact for the Future September 17, 2024

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The Diminished Worldwide Respect and Fear of America September 11, 2024

After the U.S. presidential campaign concludes, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will need to confront hard truths and tough choices to address an international geopolitical landscape marked by competitors, rivals, and enemies who, sensing a supe...

‘Ending in Rabat’: France's Moroccan Pivot and the Future of Western Sahara September 09, 2024

A saying oft repeated in discussions of French diplomacy stipulates that “a French president's mandate begins in Algiers and ends in Rabat.” This axiom has proven strikingly prescient. Consider the letter French President Emmanuel Macron recently sen...

Understanding the United Nations June 26, 2024

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For Hamas, Everything Is Going According To Plan June 15, 2024

The leaders of both Israel and Hamas seem content for the war in Gaza to grind on into the indefinite future. Such is the upshot of their ambiguous, but essentially negative, responses to President Joe Biden’s peace proposal, which is now fully backe...

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House Signals a Tough Line for the United Nations if Trump Wins in November June 11, 2024

When Congress and the White House enact a spending bill for foreign operations, will it contain the sharp cuts in funding for the United Nations and related entities found in the version a House subcommittee passed last week? Highly unlikely. Yet tha...

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