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Who Will Lead the UN After Guterres? The Race Nobody Is Watching Closely Enough
When António Guterres's second term expires on 31 December 2026, the United Nations will not simply be changing its chief executive. It will be...
China’s Peacekeepers in Lebanon: Engineering Mandate, Strategic Subtext
On Monday, August 10, 2026, the 24th contingent of Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon completed their mission of cleaning and restoring the UNIFIL Integrated Training...
In Defense of Democracy: What My Case Reveals About a Wider Danger
Democracy is not exhausted by the periodic holding of elections. It rests, above all, on the survival of the institutions that allow the will...
Can the United Nations Break the Cyprus Peace Deadlock?
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has launched a renewed diplomatic effort to revive Cyprus peace negotiations, holding separate meetings with Greek Cypriot and...
Dushanbe trades a limited amnesty for the closure of its UN case
The UN Human Rights Council has ended its confidential review of the situation in Tajikistan after Emomali Rahmon's government reported unspecified “measures and commitments.”...
UN Women: One Million Women Lose Aid Access After Global Funding Cuts
At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving humanitarian support over the past year as sweeping reductions in international aid...
AI and the Future of Counter-Terrorism: The United Nations’ Shift from Response to Prevention
We live in an era in which technology and technological improvements have been an essential part of our lives. In today’s world, we cannot...
Gaza’s 1,000 Days: The Ceasefire That Cannot Become a Peace
On July 2nd, Gaza's Government Media Office issued the grim arithmetic of a war that had just crossed its thousandth day: 73,066 dead, more...
Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report
When I was working on The Fall of Israel (2024) and particularly The Obliteration Doctrine (2025), what I found most repulsive was the targeting...
Leading the UN in a World That Has Already Changed
The race to succeed António Guterres as Secretary-General of the United Nations is unfolding against a backdrop that the organization was not designed to...