Myanmar
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 5, 2021
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When she arrived in Turtle Bay the morning of Feb. 25, a day after being sworn in as United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield didn’t hide the tight timeline she had inherited in her new post,…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • February 26, 2021
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States envoy to the UN, starts her job; Iran’s troubling nuclear developments; UN-convoy murders in the Congo. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 1, 2021
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February marks the beginning of a yearlong period that could make or break Britain’s post-Brexit foreign policy, also known as “Global Britain.” This month, Britain presides over the United Nations Security Council, then the Group of 7 meeting, in…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, UN Diplomats
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- Kacie Candela
- • September 18, 2017
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In a much-anticipated gathering, the United States led a high-level meeting on United Nations reform on Sept. 18, with President Donald Trump and UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking to the assembled world leaders. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to…
- Categories: US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • May 19, 2014
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The surprising move in 2010 by a repressive Burmese military regime to begin ceding power to the nation’s people was just the beginning of a tangled story. The new democracy held its first credible election less than two years…
- Categories: Asia, Development, Myanmar
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 24, 2013
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Burma’s major moves toward liberalization and release from the vise of its military grip signal huge strides toward democracy, yet nothing in this long-isolated, mineral-endowed country is assured. Even as the nation branches out from its dependence on China…
- Categories: Asia, Development, Human Rights
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 15, 2013
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When Burma won independence from Britain in 1948, it was a devastated country tormented by multiple crises. Geographical misfortune had placed this otherworldly Buddhist nation in the path of powerful armies in World War II as Japan battled Western…
- Categories: Asia, Development
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