Trump's Tariffs Are Making a Mess at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
"Nobody wins in trade wars," said António Guterres as he left a UN Security Council meeting this week. But it's clear there's at least one big loser: American diplomacy. This week, Anjali and Mark bre...
14 Apr 202520min
Analyzing The Geopolitical Fallout As Trump's Trade War Takes Shape
Heather Hurlburt is a former chief of staff in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative during the Biden Administration and now a fellow at Chatham House. She is also someone I've routinely turned ...
9 Apr 202526min
Something Strange is Happening in Canada
A few months ago, the Canadian Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, was cruising toward a massive victory in the upcoming Canadian elections, with most polls showing him holding a 20-point lea...
7 Apr 202529min
Crisis in Myanmar: Earthquake Aftermath and the Global Response
On March 28th, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar—the strongest to hit the region in a century. The epicenter was in the Sagaing region, near Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, in the nor...
3 Apr 202531min
A First Hand View Of What Happens When Aid Funding Dries Up
Effectively and efficiently responding to humanitarian crises is one of the things the United Nations and its partners in the NGO community do best. Over the years, they have gotten very good at savin...
31 Mars 202525min
Crisis at the UN Refugee Agency and International Organization for Migration | To Save Us From Hell
The UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration are two entities now squarely in the crosshairs of their once-strongest backer. Both agencies rely heavily on American funding—bu...
27 Mars 202526min
The View From Panama
Trump is serious about his intention to seize the Panama Canal. He discussed it in his inauguration address and has dispatched Marco Rubio to Panama to put a plan in motion. But what do Panamanians th...
24 Mars 202524min
When Treaties Work: The Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes
Imagine a world in which companies could secretly export toxic waste and dump it in unsuspecting communities. Until the 1992 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Was...
20 Mars 202525min
