September 24, 2019
United Nations General AssemblyAs the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit concludes, world leaders need some outside the box thinking about steps to strengthen their national commitments to shrink their greenhouse gas emissions ahead of…
September 20, 2019
Climate ChangePlans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reach carbon neutrality, to be announced during the 2019 summit, could be an important milestone in the global fight against climate change.
September 10, 2019
Election 2020The Democratic and Republican presidential contenders have begun defining their approach to major foreign policy issues as they jockey for position in their parties’ primaries.
August 26, 2019
International OrganizationsThe United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.
August 7, 2019
Climate ChangePacific island nations under threat from rising sea levels can translate geopolitical competition in the region into climate action.
July 10, 2019
Southeast AsiaLast month, the United Nations released a scathing report about the organization’s own actions in Myanmar over the past ten years. The report, written by an independent investigator, but commissioned…
July 9, 2019
ChinaUnder President Xi Jinping, China is pressing the United Nations’ human rights body to favor national sovereignty and development over calling out domestic rights abuses.
June 17, 2019
Digital PolicyA new UN report on digital cooperation could fall on deaf ears in a period of intense global technology competition.
June 14, 2019
Digital PolicyA host of cyber governance initiatives has taken shape of late. The internet, however, remains at significant risk.
April 24, 2019
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and DisarmamentWorking toward a definition of lethal autonomous weapons systems contributes to the creation of norms, even in the absence of binding legal instruments.
