United Nations

Access Denied

The United Nations couldn't control the Internet even if it wanted to.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 10, 2012

The 7 Deadly Sins of Congo's Peace Process

Congo is an object lesson in how not to resolve conflicts. It's time we changed that.

BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | DECEMBER 7, 2012

DeMinted

The Heritage Foundation got exactly the conspiracy-hyping president it deserves.

BY HAYES BROWN | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Barbarians at the Gate

Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

How Israel Lost Europe

How Benjamin Netanyahu lost friends and Mahmoud Abbas influenced people.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

State of Confusion

Why Mahmoud Abbas’s U.N. statehood bid is great for Israel -- and the United States.

BY EPHRAIM SNEH | NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The Battle for Goma

Once again, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has descended into chaos.

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Can You Save Diplomacy From Itself?

Carne Ross's quixotic crusade to help emerging nations get their seat at the table.

BY CRISTINA ODONE | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Susan Rice

The lowdown on America's maybe-next secretary of state.

BY COLUM LYNCH | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Throwing Rice

Barack Obama was right to defend Susan Rice from the GOP attacks. She's got the chops to be secretary of state.

BY SEAN KAY | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Defender of the Flame

Not only does the United States deserve a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, it’s leading the charge.

BY EILEEN DONAHOE | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The Projectionist

Why Bibi can't scare the U.S. into bombing Iran.

BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 2, 2012

Madam President?

While Barack Obama was off fighting to keep his job, Hillary Clinton was busy in New York doing it.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

How Not to Lead the World

The U.N. General Assembly is providing a real-time seminar on failed leadership.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Breakfast with Ahmadinejad

Iran's president meets the press.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Hijacked

How the U.N. saved the Somali pirates from the brink of extinction.

BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Report Card

Can the International Atomic Energy Agency stop a war with Iran?

BY MARK HIBBS | AUGUST 31, 2012

The Point Guard

Susan Rice calls the plays for Barack Obama at the United Nations. Could she lead his foreign-policy team next? Should she?

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPT/OCT 2012

Who Broke the U.N.?

Long a target for "reform," the United Nations has taken heat for a bloated bureaucracy and gridlocked Security Council. FP surveyed top experts about what role it should play in today's ever-more-tangled global conflicts, with Madeleine Albright guiding us through the results.

BY MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT | SEPT/OCT 2012

The United Nations and the Internet:
It's Complicated

A battle is brewing, but the black helicopters are not about to invade.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | AUGUST 8, 2012

Burma's Lost Boys

The government in Burma is promising to clean up its act. But the army is still recruiting child soldiers.

BY PATRICK BODENHAM | AUGUST 2, 2012

Lost City

After a week of wanton destruction, is the legendary city of Timbuktu finally coming to an end?

BY PETER CHILSON | JULY 10, 2012

Battle Rial

To end Iran's nuclear program, it's time for America to step up its economic warfare.

BY MARK DUBOWITZ | JUNE 28, 2012

If at First You Don't Succeed…

The Palestinians are having another go at the United Nations. Will this time be as disastrous as the last?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 27, 2012

For Multilateralism, Is This the Dark Moment Before the Dawn?

Let's hope so.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2012

No More Half Measures

A compromise solution that removes Syria's Bashar al-Assad but replaces him with a crony is now fully off the table. It's time for Washington to back the opposition.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JUNE 14, 2012

Everything in Syria Is Going to Plan

It just depends on whose plan you're talking about.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 13, 2012

Processing Delay

The Arab-Israeli peace process has never been more irrelevant to developments in the Middle East.

BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS | JUNE 8, 2012

Where Have All the Blue Helmets Gone?

A look at the Third World troops who fight the U.N.'s wars.

BY COLUM LYNCH | JUNE 6, 2012

U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Actual Human Rights Abusers!

Or, in praise of small victories.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 1, 2012