United Nations

In the Time of Cholera

How the U.N. created an epidemic -- then covered it up.

BY JONATHAN M. KATZ | JANUARY 10, 2013

Responsibility to Object

It's time for the U.N. Security Council to do something about war crimes in Syria.  

BY DAVID KAYE | JANUARY 10, 2013

Don't Engage Kim Jong Un -- Bankrupt Him

It's time to play hardball with North Korea's new leader.

BY JOSHUA STANTON, SUNG-YOON LEE | JANUARY 9, 2013

Eve of Disaster

Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.

BY CHARLES EMMERSON | JANUARY 4, 2013

A Network of Dictators

There's a fight brewing for the future of the Internet.

BY JAMES A. LEWIS | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Radioactive Decay

We can't keep relying on a Vietnam-era treaty to stop nuclear proliferation.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | DECEMBER 19, 2012

The Last Stand of Somalia's Jihad

Can Kenya's invasion of Kismayo put an end to al-Shabab for good?

BY JAMES VERINI | DECEMBER 17, 2012

Launch This

Why Barack Obama needs to reset his North Korea policy.

BY JOEL S. WIT, JENNY TOWN | DECEMBER 13, 2012

After Abbas

The Palestinian president will either be toppled from his throne, or die on it. And that may be Hamas's chance to pounce.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | DECEMBER 13, 2012

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