Trump and the Pandemic: WHO’s to Blame?
July 1, 2020 17 min. read

Are Travel Restrictions “Life-Saving Measures”? That’s Not How Any of This Works! Deflecting Blame, Undermining the U.S. and Health

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Making the UN Great Again?
March 1, 2018 15 min. read

President Donald J. Trump has a few ideas about how to make America great again. They’re not very good. In fact, they’re counterproductive and, more likely than not, will promote the long-term decline of the nation. Now, it seems, he plans to apply comparable ideas to the United Nations as well. Making America Great Again? […]

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Our Respect for Sovereignty is also a Call to Action
September 22, 2017 6 min. read

President Trump issues his first set of remarks at the United Nations. He highlighted the importance of national sovereignty and collective action.

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The Global Order in a Post-United Nations Era
March 1, 2017 9 min. read

In its current form and function, the United Nations is on course to become irrelevant. Times are rapidly changing and while its model has been static, at best.

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Nikki Haley Steps into the Turtle Bay Meat Grinder
December 20, 2016 6 min. read

With strong anti-UN sentiment among Republicans in Congress and growing Russian and Chinese assertiveness, Haley’s task is not going to be easy.

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Can António Guterres Save the UN?
October 7, 2016 5 min. read

The Secretary-General post requires three things at once: Guterres needs to be a diplomat, a bureaucrat, and a politician.

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UN Reform by the Numbers
September 23, 2016 5 min. read

For the UN to reflect today’s world accurately, it must reform both the Security Council and national contributions to the UN budget.

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The World Needs Maternalistic Leadership
July 28, 2016 4 min. read

With the worldwide rising tide of female leadership, the global public’s call for a female UN leader encapsulates today’s zeitgeist.

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The UN Should Get a Better Deal from Assad
June 23, 2016 5 min. read

The Syrian government has been exerting a great deal of influence on the actions of the UN aid agencies in Syria. It has leveraged foreign aid workers need for its permission to enter Syria into access to supplies for its supporters while denying vital food and medical aid to civilians trapped in areas outside its control.

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The United Nations’ Struggles in Syria
June 21, 2016 4 min. read

On June 9, the U.N. was finally able to get food to residents of Daraya, a small Damascus suburb, for the first time in almost four years.

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The UN Post-2015: Great Decisions Spring Updates
May 26, 2016 4 min. read

With Ban Ki-Moon’s term as the United Nations Secretary-General ending this year, many candidates have been put forward to replace him.

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