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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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November 5, 2014
United States
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall: CFR Symposium
I’ve been blogging this week on great resources on the Cold War to mark Sunday’s twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yesterday, CFR brought together several Cold War experts to d…
April 26, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
UN Security Council Unanimously Authorizes UN Mission in Mali
On April 25, the Security Council approved a UN “peacekeeping” force of 12,600 for Mali. They asked the UN Secretary General to appoint a Special Representative for Mali, and called on member states …
October 13, 2016
International Organizations
The UN’s Ninth Secretary-General is António Guterres
The following is a guest post by Megan Roberts, associate director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Today the UN General Assembly …
October 5, 2011
International Organizations
No Profile in Courage: Syria, BRICS, and the UNSC
A woman holds a Syrian flag in a protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on October 3, 2011. (Majed Jaber/Courtesy Reuters) On Tuesday the United States and Europe sought to pass a UN Secu…
October 7, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Libya, Syria, and the Responsibility to Protect
A session of the United Nations Security Council in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The UN Security Council witnessed a rare double veto on Tuesday. Both Russia and Ch…
