Diplomacy
Just Security’s expert authors offer analysis of diplomacy and its role in addressing global challenges, from armed conflicts to international crises and more. Our coverage includes U.S. foreign policy, international organizations, and multilateral diplomacy related to critical global issues.
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U.S. Security Aid Is a Faith-Based Policy
The US government requires more empirical evidence for aid to help improve livelihoods abroad than for financing weapons used to destroy them.

Coronavirus Border Expulsions: CDC’s Assault on Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Minors
Relying on obscure 1944 provision that provides no such authority, CDC tries to block all asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors in violation of congressional statutes, writes…

The Time has Come to Have a Conversation at the U.N. on Self-Defence
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Legal Adviser to Mexico's Mission to UN, writes in his personal capacity about an important conversation on international law.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 4-10)
The Syria hospital attacks inquiry, coronavirus job losses and nursing shortages, China's wet markets, Libya, and more in our UN recap.

Extend New START — The World Can’t Afford a U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Race Too
The chances of successfully negotiating a new, complex deal including China were already slim before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, in the midst of what clearly will be an extended…

The Human Rights Lessons from COVID-19: Equality Requires Economic and Social Rights Protections
Minority communities are having to weather the worst of the pandemic. Still, the Trump administration continues its efforts to downplay the significance of economic and social…

UN Counter-Terrorism Negotiations During COVID: Time for a Rethink
As COVID-19 continues its spread around the world, United Nations headquarters has been shuttered and business as usual suspended. The U.N. Security Council is operating through…

Ending Impunity: Now Is the Time for a UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia
As the deadly COVID-19 virus spreads around the world, causing countries and communities to close in on themselves to deal with this unprecedented situation, the world cannot ignore…

How Congress Can Save Lives, Protect Rights, and Exert U.S. Leadership Globally in Response to Coronavirus
Given the Trump administration’s foreign policy proclivities, it’s likely that Congress will have to do much of the heavy lifting.

Iran’s Murder of an American, CIA Contractor Bob Levinson, Suggests Impunity at Home Too
In light of the internal power struggle that turned Levinson into a tragic pawn on the bureaucratic chessboard, fundamental questions remain unanswered.

The U.N. Needs Help Sustaining the Global Approach to Violent Extremism
Advocates have few forums to discuss implementation and sensitive issues such as government actions that contribute to radicalization.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Mar. 28 to Apr. 3)
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…