Tag: International Organizations

Trade negotiators like to say that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. And that is a useful way to understand the less-than-meets-the-eye agreement last week between Iran and the ...

In just nine months, the Trump administration has laid waste to the development landscape, dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and slashing nearly the entire U.S. foreign aid ...

Splendidly dressed dancers moved about the stage swiftly in a colorful performance as nearly 30 world leaders looked gravely on. Gathered in Tianjin for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit comes to a close, Beijing prepares to host a military parade, and Trump flip-flops on Chinese ...

As students return to their campuses after what was hopefully a busy and productive summer—or as recent graduates begin to reckon with the realities of post-university life and the job ...

The United Nations is in crisis. Secretary-General António Guterres has mandated 20 percent across-the-board spending cuts, amounting to more than $700 million. The proximate cause of the pinch is the ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at expanding U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rare trip to Tibet, and the terms of the ...

At a moment when global progress on human rights often seems to be faltering, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken a long-overdue step forward. Last month, the ICC issued ...

In recent years, the Western public discussion has been full of laments over the collapse of the so-called rules-based international order established in the aftermath of World War II. Some ...

As Israel and the United States attack Iran in a bid to deter its ability to produce nuclear weapons, it’s worth reflecting on the fact that in the 80 years ...