Colum Lynch

Colum Lynch was a staff writer at Foreign Policy between 2010 and 2022.

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WHO Warns of Pandemic’s ‘Catastrophic Impact’ on Syria

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U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump

WHO Becomes Battleground as Trump Chooses Pandemic Confrontation Over Cooperation

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) presides over a target strike exercise conducted by the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in an undated photo.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) presides over a target strike exercise conducted by the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in an undated photo.

North Korea Continues to Flout Trump, Advance Nuclear Ambitions

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Turkish-backed Syrian fighters during a cease-fire
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters during a cease-fire

How Trump and Putin Weakened U.N. Bid for a Global Cease-Fire

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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2018.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2018.

U.N. Backs Down on Partnership With Chinese Firm for 75th Anniversary

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Yemen: The Perfect Target for COVID-19 

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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on a debate stage in Charleston, South Carolina.
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on a debate stage in Charleston, South Carolina.

Biden Likely to Embrace Some of Sanders’s Foreign-Policy Ideas, Especially After the Pandemic

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The empty chamber of the U.N. headquarters

Can the United Nations Survive the Coronavirus?

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U.N. Agencies Struggle to Carry On Remotely

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump at the White House.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump at the White House.

In Global Leadership Void on Pandemic, Critics Ask: Where’s Pompeo?

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Cuban health workers go door to door looking for possible cases of the novel coronavirus in Havana on March 31.
Cuban health workers go door to door looking for possible cases of the novel coronavirus in Havana on March 31.

Ukraine to World: This Is Not the Time to Go Wobbly on Sanctions

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

After Death of U.S. Citizen, State Department Floats Slashing Egypt Aid

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U.N. Security Council members

U.N. Security Council Paralyzed as Contagion Rages

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Iranians, some wearing protective masks
Iranians, some wearing protective masks

U.N. Calls for Rolling Back Sanctions to Battle Pandemic

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo steps off a plane in Kyiv, Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo steps off a plane in Kyiv, Ukraine.

U.S. Appeals to Aid Recipients for Help in Fighting Coronavirus

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