•By failing to live up to its international climate change agreements, the United States has cost the world a bundle in damage. Joseph Curtin and Max Munchmeyer Even as international efforts to address climate change have gathered momentum, emissions of heat-trapping gasses have risen, reaching a new peak last year. The next
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Five challenges that NATO must overcome to stay relevant
Fabrice Pothia At the grand old age of 70, NATO faces some of its most daunting challenges yet. Ignoring or papering over them risks reducing the Alliance to an institutional irrelevance, argues Fabrice Pothier. Despite all the twists and turns of our recent history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has reached its
UN strengthens peacekeeping despite US scepticism
This Friday, the UN hosts the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference, an opportunity for politicians and diplomats to fill gaps in blue helmet missions. In this Q&A, Crisis Group’s UN Director Richard Gowan previews the agenda. What is the point of the conference? This is the latest edition of a series of conferences
World countries blast US on Golan Heights
*Syria vows to liberate Israeli occupied territory The Arab League, Russia, Iran and Turkey have strongly warned the US after President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he will recognize Syria's Golan Heights as Israeli territory. The strategic highlands have been under the Israeli occupation since 1967, but Trump's abrupt declaration a day after US
US eliminates funding for UNICEF, others
The new budget released by the Trump administration contains deep cuts to the United Nations including a total elimination of United States contributions to United Nation Children Education Fund (UNICEF). The Editor, UN Dispatch, Mark Leon Goldberg, has disclosed in a statement. Goldberg further revealed that the White House did not just
The Socialist Politics of Envy: What the World Can Learn from Nigeria’s Unfolding Disaster
David Hundeyin Africa’s most populated country and the world’s 26th largest economy is heading for a meltdown as a direct result of envy politics. It was an election between a multimillionaire pro-business candidate seen as part of the establishment and a self-proclaimed hero of the masses who railed against corrupt elites and promised
Lawfare Roundup: US, Syria, others and hard national security choices
President Trump has ordered the total withdrawal of US ground forces from Syria, to be completed within 30 days, the New York Times reports. Some Pentagon officials reportedly oppose the move, arguing that it would betray America’s staunch Kurdish allies and increase Russian and Iranian influence in Syria. White House Press
U.S unveils strategy to counter ‘predatory’ China, Russia in Africa
The Trump administration has unveiled a new Africa policy focused on combating the “predatory” practices of China and Russia, and ending what it calls “indiscriminate assistance” and “unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccountable” UN peacekeeping missions. Announcing the new policy, the national security adviser, John Bolton, said it would put US interests first, so would
