GENTHOD, Switzerland — Iran and six world powers put nuclear talks back on track Thursday at a landmark session that included the highest-level ...
Betwa Sharma | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
Millions died not because the right doctrine was missing. There was no political will to act. The Council did not need R2P to intervene in Rwanda and it doesn't need it now.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : What the Lebanese Election Results Mean Facts: Saad Hariri, the son of assassinated Prime Minister Rafiq H...
csmonitor.com | Arthur Bright | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are close to completing work on new sanctions against North Korea, while the US is set to impose...
Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
Washington's inconsistencies in dealing with North Korea, during the past eight years, mean that Pyongyang will want more rewards in response to demands it dismantle its bomb-making infrastructure.
AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
UNITED NATIONS — Eight days after North Korea's rocket launch, the U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned the action, demanded an...
Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
Power politics and national interest have crippled the Security Council even as humanitarian crises claimed millions of lives. The purpose and relevance of the UN is being contested.
Steve Clemons | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
Olmert's statements certainly send a signal to many in the incoming Obama administration that while there are convergent American and Israeli interests -- friendship and trust are eroding.
Ipsnews.net | Posted 01.26.2009 | World
KARACHI, Dec 26 (IPS) - Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the Pakistani organisation on which the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) imposed sanctions two we...
Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics
[In honor of the end of the Bush Administration, I share with you this piece from 2004 written after the invasion of Iraq. Starring Hall of Famers Bus...
Charles J. Brown | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
Powell endorsed Obama and I was moved by his statement, particularly his challenge to Republicans about their demonization of Islam. Despite this, I don't welcome his endorsement.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics
In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business
Finally we have some one on the national presidential stage willing to confront the staggeringly high oil prices at its core.
Omid Memarian | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
The EU and U.S. know that sanctions cannot destroy but only weaken Iran's vast economy, given that rising oil prices have tripled Iran's revenue during the past two years.
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 12.01.2009 | World