Colum Lynch

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

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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses outside U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 25. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses outside U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 25. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Trump Stealthily Seeks to Choke Off Funding to U.N. Programs

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Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch
Rainbow flags appear during event hosted by U.N. Globe, a U.N. LGBTI advocacy group, celebrating International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17 at United Nations Office in Nairobi. (Photo credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
Rainbow flags appear during event hosted by U.N. Globe, a U.N. LGBTI advocacy group, celebrating International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17 at United Nations Office in Nairobi. (Photo credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Administration to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats, U.N. Officials

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(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images/Foreign Policy illustration)

U.N. Brief: The Laugh is on Trump

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images photos)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images photos)

U.N. Brief: Trump Says China Out to Get Him; Venezuela’s Besieged Leader Comes to Turtle Bay

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during the U.N. Security Council briefing on counterproliferation at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during the U.N. Security Council briefing on counterproliferation at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump: China Is Out to Get Me

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Colum Lynch, Elias Groll
U.S. President Donald Trump on a screen as he addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump on a screen as he addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)

U.N. Brief: Trump Manages to Unite the U.N. — Against His Isolationist Vision

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (John Moore/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump Takes Aim at Iran, China, and the Global System in Big U.N. Speech

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U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in New York on Sept. 24. (Ludovic Marin /AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in New York on Sept. 24. (Ludovic Marin /AFP/Getty Images)

U.N. Brief: Trump Calls Kim Jong Un ‘Terrific,’ Prepares ‘Strong Words’ for Iranian Leaders

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2017. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2017. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

U.N. Brief: Trump to Tackle Globe Drug Trade, Confront Iran

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 31. (Valery Sharifulin/AFP/Getty Images)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 31. (Valery Sharifulin/AFP/Getty Images)

U.N. Report Details How North Korea Evades Sanctions

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks during a welcome ceremony in the lobby of the State Department in Washington on May 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks during a welcome ceremony in the lobby of the State Department in Washington on May 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Federal Watchdogs Target Bullying, Retaliation at State Department

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Farmworker Mogoala Justice Ratalele stands near his boss, farmer Hans Bergmann, after being held at gunpoint during a theft, in Tzaneen, South Africa, on Nov. 2, 2017. (Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
Farmworker Mogoala Justice Ratalele stands near his boss, farmer Hans Bergmann, after being held at gunpoint during a theft, in Tzaneen, South Africa, on Nov. 2, 2017. (Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images)

In Tacit Rebuke, U.S. Embassy in South Africa Rejects Trump Tweet

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President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images.)
President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images.)

U.S. to End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees

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Pierre Krähenbühl, left, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, meets with Palestinian students at a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)
Pierre Krähenbühl, left, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, meets with Palestinian students at a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

‘One Cannot Simply Wish Away 5 Million People’

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The State Department's director of policy planning and new head of the Iran Action Group, Brian Hook, speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 16. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
The State Department's director of policy planning and new head of the Iran Action Group, Brian Hook, speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 16. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Pompeo Creates New Team to Pressure Iran

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