The current political upheaval in Venezuela was preceded by Latin America’s worst-ever refugee crisis. By most estimates, several thousand Venezuelans are fleeing the country every day. Most are going ...

There have been a spate of coups in Africa over the last 18 months. Most of these coups have taken place in West Africa, but not all. This includes Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Sudan and two coups in ...

Haiti is in the midst of the worst humanitarian and security crisis in years. Gang related violence is surging – and the Haitian National Police are overwhelmed and incapable of restoring order.

There are two ongoing outbreaks of Marburg Virus Disease, one in Tanzania and the other in Equatorial Guinea. Marburg Virus is in the same family of diseases as Ebola and is extremely deadly, with a ...

Over 1,300 people are confirmed to have been killed by a Tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi last Friday. The global international crisis response system is kicking into high gear ...

Perhaps the most interesting part of Joe Biden’s UNGA farewell address was his direct acknowledgment of the circumstances under which this became his last UN speech as president. Biden said that he ...

The international shipping industry is a major greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about three percent of all greenhouse gas emitted last year. For reference, this is roughly equivalent to the ...

UNGA is the single most important and action-packed week on the diplomatic calendar — a behemoth of diplomatic events. On the line with me to preview the big stories that will drive the agenda at UNGA ...

A unique kind of swine fever is spreading rapidly though China. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports a severe outbreak of a disease called African Swine Fever, or ASF, that may ...

On December 10th, Donald Trump upended over 30 years of US diplomacy with a Tweet in which he declared American support for Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over Western Sahara. Today, I signed a ...

Info about the Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, its impact on the UN Security Council, and US diplomatic objectives – articles and podcasts.

Energy Poverty conventionally refers to the lack of household electricity. Over 1 billion people live without reliable sources of electricity — but a new group seeks to change how we think about ...