Colin Powell
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 6, 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought enormous changes and challenges to the United Nations Security Council. One result has been the heightened politicization and proliferation of the Arria-formula meetings, or informal sessions, of the Council that can be initiated by…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 10, 2020
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With Joseph Biden taking an unassailable lead by June 7 as the Democratic Party’s choice for president of the United States, many Americans foresee a desperate, ugly political campaign for re-election by Donald Trump coming. The magnitude of his…
- Categories: Covid-19, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Irwin Arieff
- • January 12, 2014
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Why write a whodunit when you can’t say who done it? This is the challenging task undertaken by Heraldo Muñoz, a veteran Chilean diplomat and United Nations official, in his new book, “Getting Away With Murder: Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination…
- Categories: BOOKS
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 30, 2013
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“Humanitarian” and “business” are juxtaposed in the title of my new book, “Humanitarian Business,” for two reasons: provocation and accuracy. It jars those who idealize the humanitarian enterprise because the adjective has uncontested positive connotations while the noun is…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS