International Organizations

Sixty Minutes Interview: New Revelations of Trump’s NATO Policy

By Donald Trump and Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes

Excerpts from President Donald Trump’s interview with Lesley Stahl, aired on October 14, 2018.

TRADE IN ACTION October 12, 2018

By Global Business & Economics Program

Europe’s liberal dream team looks more like a marriage of convenience

By Nick Ottens

Macron and Rutte are both relatively young (forty and fifty-one, respectively), ambitious (Rutte is believed to covet the European Council presidency, currently held by Donald Tusk), and in favor of reform of the European Union (EU).

The United Nations’ deadly serious call to action on climate change

By David Livingston

The world remains grossly off-track to avoiding deleterious levels of climate change over this century, regardless of whether the target is 1.5 degrees, 2 degrees, or some other arbitrary metric.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and the daughter of Indian immigrants, at times struck an independent position from Trump, but was also a prominent supporter of the president.

TRADE IN ACTION October 5, 2018

By Global Business & Economics Program

How Iran and the Gulf Arab States Can Start a Dialogue Again

By Hussein Ibish

It’s hard to overstate the regional impact of the rivalry between Iran and several Gulf Arab states—most notably Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—bordering in recent years on enmity. While these countries haven’t come close to direct warfare, tensions have impacted many regional conflicts in the Middle East including in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, […]

Iran-Israel Animus Exacerbates the US-Iran Divide

By Barbara Slavin

NEW YORK — Iran’s mellifluous foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, was in characteristic form Saturday afternoon as he sparred with a small group of journalists and US-Iran hands and fulminated against the policies of the Trump administration. Iran would survive the latest barrage of US sanctions, Zarif insisted, noting President Donald Trump’s relative isolation at […]

TRADE IN ACTION September 21, 2018

By Global Business & Economics Program