Diplomacy

Efforts to end wars and protect civilians could benefit greatly from a renewed commitment to the near-universal value of dignity.

Rather than expand the arms embargo on Darfur, the UN Security Council should take steps that would give the existing embargo teeth.

The United States lacks a strategy and coordinated agency efforts to adapt foreign and security policy to the rapid aging of the global population.

Daniel Forti and Mariea Sekijima join Viola Gienger to discuss the most important developments from the 2026 UN General Assembly.

When academics, business and law firm heads, and leaders of international associations like the ABILA defend the rule of law, those ripples can build into a wave of change.

Authorities for domestic use of the military are outdated and subject to abuse. This is a blueprint for a single modern statute, enforceable limits, and judicial review.

Cautionary tales show well-intentioned procedural requirements can tie up decisionmaking without meaningfully enhancing outcomes.

Member states must ensure that UN peacekeeping forces are prepared and equipped to deploy, mediate, protect civilians, and respond to global crises.

The Privacy Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.

The challenges facing the U.N. include recurrent financial shortfalls and political irrelevance to some of the world's major crises.

The United States is deporting third-country nationals to Equatorial Guinea despite its documented pattern of human rights abuses.

States should treat spyware governance as a top-tier political priority and work toward a binding, enforceable regulatory framework.