I think that things will get better this year. Disaster recovery is slow. The volume of money donated to Haiti had everyone thinking that reconstruction would be quick. However, the obstacles to Haiti ...

Georgina Rannard is a Senior Fellow with Humanity in Action. She has held fellowships at the Library of Congress and Yale University, and in 2015 she was the Jane Haining Humanitarian Fellow in the ...

I’ll cut to the chase: Because of some funding decisions out of our control, UN Dispatch is pivoting to a... The UN General Assembly met this morning to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s ...

Listeners will no doubt remember the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014–2016. More than 28,600 people were infected, and 11,325 people... Republicans will soon control the House of Representatives, ...

Alanna Shaikh is an international development professional based in Cairo, Egypt, who has run programs in East Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Shaikh also blogs at thisworldneedsbrave.com ...

A tit-for-tat between Moscow and Washington shows how Syria conjures up deep animus at the Security Council.

The annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly is always a key moment on the diplomatic calendar. Hundreds of ...

UNICEF released a major report today on Female Genital Mutilation, the atavistic and brutal practice that is far too prevalent in much of the developing world. The report, Female Genital ...

Three years ago on Saturday the western hemisphere experienced the worst natural disaster in recent memory when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the heart of Haiti. Over 200,000 people were killed. A ...

Donald Trump has appointed New York Representative Elise Stefanik as his incoming Ambassador to the UN. Once widely seen as ...

In this episode, I sit down with Chris Miller, author of the new book: Chip Wars: The Fight for the World’s ...

The UN General Assembly met this morning to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Under normal... It’s official. The United States is seeking to withdraw from the ...