Jacob Zuma
- Barbara Crossette
- • April 17, 2018
When the monthlong winter session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened at the end of February, expectations were high that progress would be made on reforms demanded by the United States and supported by many other nations,…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Barbara Crossette
- • October 24, 2016
South Africa’s announcement on Oct. 21 that it intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has met strong opposition from civil society groups in that country and…
- Categories: Africa, ICC, International Justice
- Barbara Crossette
- • December 19, 2015
Carolyn McAskie is a Canadian expert in international development who was awarded the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honors, in 2007. She headed the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African country of Burundi from…
- Categories: Africa, Governance
- Irwin Arieff
- • March 26, 2014
The United States and Japanese military held joint war games in California in February, practicing how to invade and take back an island seized by hostile forces. While they didn’t say whose forces they were worried about, the drill…
- Categories: BOOKS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 24, 2013
The annual United Nations debate of the 68th General Assembly got off to a contentious start on Sept. 24 with pointedly worded but divergent speeches by Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and Barack Obama, the president of the United States….
- Categories: General Assembly
- A. Edward Elmendorf
- • April 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — Malawi, a tiny, young country landlocked in southern Africa, is sticking up for justice and truth. On the morning of April 5, 2012, its president, Bingu wa Mutharika, died of a heart attack. About two days later,…
- Categories: Africa, WORLDVIEWS
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