Content

Bremain vs Brexit

Nov 28, 2018

Trump is correct, May’s Brexit deal would make a US-UK trade agreement highly unlikely

By Álvaro Morales Salto-Weis

With his comments, Trump has brought increased attention to a significant weakness of May’s Brexit plan, namely the inability of the UK to craft its own trade policy.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Oct 10, 2018

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.

Climate Change & Climate Action United Nations
HaleyTrumpFeature

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2018

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.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 9, 2018

Cunningham Quoted in PassBlue on Nikki Haley Resignation

By James B. Cunningham

Read the full article here.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

IranSource

Oct 1, 2018

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 […]

International Organizations Iran

In the News

Sep 26, 2018

Slavin Quoted in The National on Rouhani UNGA Speech

By Barbara Slavin

Read the full article here.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 26, 2018

Fried Quoted in USA Today on Trump’s UNGA Speech and Iran

By Daniel Fried

Read the full article here.

International Organizations Iran

New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2018

Trump puts America first at the United Nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen and David A. Wemer

“The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship,” US President Donald J. Trump told the assembled leaders, but “we only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.”

International Organizations Iran

In the News

Sep 25, 2018

Fried and Herbst Quoted in NY Daily News on Trump’s UNGA Speech

By Daniel Fried and John Herbst

Read the full article here.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2018

The United Nations is in session. Here’s what to expect.

By David A. Wemer

With a litany of speeches, meetings, and the high-profile chairing of a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting by US President Donald J. Trump, what can we expect from the world body this week?

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

Experts