As the United Nations turns 80, its challenge is not a shortage of reform ideas but the loss of constitutional balance. The ...

China and Russia have been actively trying to block United Nations scrutiny into violations through obscure budget talks, ...

Ungar of the Crisis Group said the ICSC annually makes salary adjustments based on the compensation of US civil servants, ...

Prashanthi Krishnamoorthy, a diplomat from Sri Lanka, in a traditional sari to represent her country. Josiane Toundzi, who works for the UN, in a dress created by an African designer, Pathé'O.

At the recent annual opening session of the General Assembly, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared that “the world ...

The Trailblazer Award was created in 2022 by the UN Justice and Corrections Service of the Office for the Rule of Law and Security Institutions. The award, sponsored by Canada, was designed to honor ...

Palantir is involved in everything from government surveillance and predictive policing to gathering battlefield intelligence and monitoring nuclear safeguards. It is ensconced in the US government ...

The struggling women, peace & security agenda; Russia, echoing US, damns the EU; breaking the SecGen glass ceiling, big peacekeeping cuts. Plus: Marking Oct. 7; Houthis kidnap more UN staff; ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky devoted most of his UN General Assembly speech, delivered on Sept. 24, focusing on drone warfare and ending the global arms race, even as his own country is ...

A series of three podcasts, created by Dan Becker, illuminating the founding of the United Nations. This series features Stephen Schlesinger, the American historian and author of the book “Act of ...

Jihan al-Taei, an Iraqi politician who has founded a new women-led party, al-Mawadda, despite facing high hurdles at every juncture. Its launching occurs amid the country’s long, uneven struggle for ...

Sangjin Kim, chargé d’affaires ambassador of South Korea to the UN, photographed at its mission, Aug. 29, 2025. His country is planning to focus on the implications of artificial intelligence for ...