United Nations

Plans for a global pandemic treaty don’t solve the problem of China’s refusal to cooperate.

The U.N. dials up the pressure campaign against Myanmar’s putschists.

WHO has no power to demand openness or independently confirm data at present.

There are few better ways for the country to reclaim its credibility and moral authority.

Agency memo sidesteps questions around government’s role in Tigray.

The administration insists it can succeed where two U.S. presidents already tried and failed.

Despite the Trump administration’s declaration of a genocide in Xinjiang, upheld by the Biden administration, some legal experts suspect China’s behavior may fall short of actual genocide.

The administration is moving quickly to reassert U.S. leadership but needs Beijing’s support for major initiatives.

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to take center stage at the United Nations.

The country has long been denied a permanent place on the U.N. Security Council, but it has itself to blame.

The international community can help rebuild the army and institutions, but its presence cannot be permanent.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is staffing her New York and Washington offices with a range of career and political foreign-policy hands with extensive experience in U.N. affairs. 

National security experts need to put food back on the table as a core issue.

If it comes back, the United States can push the organization to focus more on initiatives that further the country’s foreign-policy goals.

The United States was already fighting with China for influence at global organizations, but the pandemic made everything worse.

Western Sahara’s fate lies in the hands of the U.N. Security Council.

A dozen wealthy donor states press the United Nations Development Program to investigate allegations that funds were misappropriated from a Russia climate program it managed.

But it’s unlikely the next U.S. administration will be able to fully embrace the International Criminal Court as the shadow of American prosecutions still lingers.