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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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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…
January 19, 2012
International Organizations
Breaking the UN Deadlock on Syria
Despite Arab League monitors in Syria, the death toll of the regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors is rising. The situation in Syria raises the question: Why did the United Nations authorize an int…
December 28, 2017
United States
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2017
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
February 25, 2014
Ukraine
Ukraine’s New Era of Uncertainty
At a crucial moment for Ukraine and its economic viability, the EU and United States should join efforts with Russia to try to stabilize the country, says veteran journalist Serge Schmemann.