Another day. Another outrage by the Trump administration. This time the outrage happened on the floor of the United Nations. While the attention of
Category: United Nations
Nauert: Another unqualified Trump appointee, another step backward in world affairs
Sometime in early 2019 Heather Nauert, Donald Trump’s appointee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will go before the Senate for confirmation hearings.
A New Deal for US foreign policy
Instead of grieving for the past, or focusing on whether world leaders laughed at or with President Trump at the United Nations, grassroots progressives
Unanswered Questions at a United Nations Association Conference
I was not looking forward to The United Nations Association Leadership Summit. What concerned me was not the seminars or panels with veteran US
Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?
About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under
Trump applies his usual logic to the United Nations
I can see why perhaps Donald Trump has little love for the United Nations. After all, since its inception in 1945 and his birth
20 years after Rwanda, genocide remains a “problem from Hell”
I just finished reading a book worth writing about in light of recent events in Africa and Iraq: Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire’s Shake Hands
Iran Nuclear Deal too complicated for TV commercials
A new CNN / ORC poll just revealed that the majority of Americans want Congress to reject the nuclear deal with Iran that the
UN Treaty on Disability Rights: Obama says yes; so should Congress
Perhaps you haven’t noticed. Our current president is an unwavering optimist. Whether we see Obama’s optimism as a character trait or a belief system