Rex Tillerson

“With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace,” is framed as a look back at Nikki Haley’s two years as United States ambassador to the United Nations. It’s also not unreasonable to assume she’s just ticking off one more box before an eventual run for high office: Quit your government job, start …

BOOKS, US-UN Relations

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Will Trump’s Musical Chairs Leave Nikki Haley Without a Seat?

March 23, 2018

Nikki Haley insisted all along that she had no desire to become Donald Trump’s secretary of state. But with Mike Pompeo, the CIA director, in line to succeed Rex Tillerson as the State Department’s top dog, Haley may soon find that her thinking was a big mistake. Haley asked Trump right from the start …

Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Can Nikki Haley Distance Herself From the Growing White House Scandals?

February 25, 2018

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

A record number of staff members have quit, resigned or been fired by the administration of Donald Trump during its first year, roughly at a rate of one in three — a sieve unseen in the previous five White Houses, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institution. As a matter of fact, …

Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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What a Stripped-Down State Department Bodes for the UN and Nikki Haley

November 26, 2017

In Washington, there is no question that the State Department is in a weakened position, a situation that the Trump White House — and the Trump family — seem to relish. To some in the understaffed, stripped-down Foreign Service and to commentators on United States foreign policy, this is a disgrace linked directly to …

Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations

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TOPIC: WOMEN

A New Index Rates the Well-Being of Women in 153 Nations and US Ranks 22d

October 31, 2017

by Kacie Candela

A new women, peace and security index was unveiled at the United Nations recently. At its core, the WPS index, as it is known, provides evidence for what advocates have been saying all along: that the active and equal participation of women in all aspects of society is critical for peace and security, especially …

Gender-Based Violence, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, Women

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UNGA72

How Will Trump Act at the UN? It’s Anyone’s Guess

September 9, 2017

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

The countdown to Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations as United States president has begun. What is known: on Sept. 19 in the General Assembly Hall, Trump will step at the lectern in front of the green marble wall he has disparaged in the past and deliver a speech roughly 15 minutes …

UNGA72, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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On Iran Nuclear Deal, Haley’s Dark Side Beckons

September 3, 2017

Donald Trump will have his third chance this October to weigh in on Iranian compliance with the international nuclear agreement reached by Tehran in 2015 with the United States and five other world powers. The United States Congress requires the president to certify every 90 days that Iran is observing the pact’s terms, and …

Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council

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Nikki Haley’s Balancing Act

July 25, 2017

Nikki Haley is one lucky Trump appointee. Sure, sure, it’s a great honor to be a public servant, especially when you’re way up at the top. But the GOP wastes no love on the United Nations; Republican presidents can take years to realize that it can prove pretty useful every once in a while. …

Nikki Haley Watch, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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A New Duet for Nikki Haley and Trump

July 10, 2017

Nearly six months into her United Nations assignment, Ambassador Nikki Haley is aligning herself more decisively with President Donald Trump, defending some of his most controversial and unpopular moves. It is a critical diplomatic time for the White House and for Haley, who is viewed around the UN mostly as a politician with big …

Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US-UN Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

The Debate on Trump’s Budget Ignores Serious Global Cuts

May 29, 2017

When the White House sent its proposed 2018 budget to the United States Congress on May 23, it was apparent that not only would a hawkish, nationalistic focus on military expenditures come at the cost of international aid and support for the United Nations. Worse, the Trump plan would also sideline discussions on global …

Africa, Gender-Based Violence, Geopolitics, Health and Population, Humanitarian Aid, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

Did Equatorial Guinea Bribe Its Way to a UN Security Council Seat?

May 23, 2017

by Kacie Candela

Amid the predominantly Francophone region in West Africa is tiny Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, a country blessed — or cursed — with vast oil reserves. For most of its independent life, the country has been ruled by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has the distinction of being the longest-serving nonroyal head of state in …

Africa, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Poverty, Security Council

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Nikki Haley, Seeking the Right Style to Make Big Statements

May 20, 2017

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

If Nikki Haley is dressing for attention, honestly, it would be hard to fault her. One of the few women named to President Trump’s administration, Haley, a former governor of South Carolina who is the ambassador to the United Nations, has been set adrift in a different region of the country, in foreign policy …

US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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At the UN Oceans Forum in June, Will the US Play a Bit Part?

May 17, 2017

by Lori Silberman Brauner

In just a few weeks, the United Nations is convening a world gathering to discuss the health of the world’s oceans and seas, with member states, government and nongovernmental organizations, corporations and members of the scientific community and academia signed up to take part. Yet while representatives from America’s private sector and academic community …

Climate and Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, US-UN Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

At UN Session on North Korea, the US Shows It’s Back

April 28, 2017