UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots
A new campaign against robotic weapons systems is challenging society’s latest threat to peace.
Jun 14, 2013 / Barbara Crossette
After Years of Pressure, the UN Adopts an Arms Trade Treaty After Years of Pressure, the UN Adopts an Arms Trade Treaty
But will weak protections against human rights abuses undermine the treaty’s intent?
May 7, 2013 / Catherine Defontaine
Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis
After fleeing violence at home, Syrians struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan’s cities and towns.
Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman
The Development Agenda: An Interview With UNDP Administrator Helen Clark The Development Agenda: An Interview With UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
Clark discusses the work of UNDP, the launch of the 2013 Human Development Report in Mexico, the Millennium Development Goals and the many challenges that the UN will face in the f...
Apr 12, 2013 / Catherine Defontaine
What the UN Owes Haiti What the UN Owes Haiti
Despite the fact that its "peacekeepers" brought cholera to Haiti, the UN is refusing to fund obvious solutions.
Mar 20, 2013 / Isabeau Doucet
Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia? Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia?
Amid the university's rapid international expansion, there is a story of an NYU campus that failed. So what happened in Singapore? It depends who you ask.
Mar 6, 2013 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger and StudentNation
At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’ At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’
Socially conservative American Catholics and evangelicals who have led a decades-long campaign against the rights of women in the United States are now gearing up for a season of b...
Mar 5, 2013 / Barbara Crossette
More Than Ever, We Need the UN More Than Ever, We Need the UN
An interview with UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson.
Feb 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letter From Tanzania III: Using the Afghan ‘Peace Dividend’ Letter From Tanzania III: Using the Afghan ‘Peace Dividend’
Providing services to fight poverty overseas is a much better bang for our buck than stationing soldiers there.
Feb 20, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Letter From Tanzania I: The Challenge for Obama Letter From Tanzania I: The Challenge for Obama
Will the president put his money where his mouth is and tackle poverty and disease?
Feb 18, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss