UN Secretary-General António Guterres received an honorary degree from the New School university in New York City on Feb. 17. He spoke at length on “women and power,” blaming patriarchy for the ...

Just days before the COP26 environment summit in Glasgow, Scotland, three of the United Nations’ lead agencies on climate and development each published alarming reports. The World Meteorological ...

Giovanna Marques Kuele is a research assistant with Instituto Igarapé, a think tank in Rio de Janeiro that deals with international security and development issues. Adriana Erthal Abdenur is an ...

Abdellatif El Hamamouchi is a Moroccan researcher of political science and an investigative journalist. He was given the Freedom of Expression and Media Award in North Africa for 2023 from the Article ...

WINNIPEG, Canada — Every new immigrant to Canada has to live through the three stages of acculturation, which for most people is not easy. First comes the thrill and joy of exploring a new land, then ...

Melanne Verveer is director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She was formerly US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues and worked at the center of the work of the US ...

Sophie Huvé is the legal expert at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research, focusing on the interplay between UN sanctions and humanitarian action. She previously worked on the use of ...

The decision at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous signal of hope ...

Mouna Ghanem is a democratic activist who has written about the Syrian civil war and peace process for such media as The Guardian and The Independent. She previously served on the Women's Advisory ...

Michael Curtin is a graduate student at the Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, N.J. He is also editorial chair of the Northern New Jersey chapter of ...

Kjell Engelbrekt is a professor of political science in the Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm.

Paras Shah, who is legally blind, is the John Gardner fellow at Human Rights Watch. He has interned with the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division in Washington, where he ...