Iris Thatcher On June 29, 2022, NATO Heads of State and Government extended a formal invitation for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance. Both countries are undergoing a fast-track process for membership, and by the end of July, two-thirds of all NATO allies already ratified Finland and Sweden’s accession…

John Ramming Chappell “We were going to in fact make them pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are.” Joe Biden’s promise in a 2019 presidential debate to isolate Saudi Arabia sharply contrasts with his recent trip to the kingdom, which included a much-derided fist…

Ryan Conner On July 15, the U.S. government released a new atrocity prevention and response strategy. In line with the May 2016 Executive Order 13729, A Comprehensive Approach to Atrocity Prevention and Response, the strategy affirms that atrocity prevention is both a “core national security interest” and a “core moral…

The most dangerous peacekeeping mission in the world will only become more perilous unless U.N. member states get serious about their commitments. Daniel Henderson On June 29, the U.N. Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). It marked the ninth time…

Oliver Mains I wrote recently about what’s driving the growth of what some call the “politics of resentment,” an exclusionary brand of identity politics that empowers illiberal governance around the world. A primary source of the appeal and resilience of this politics is that it’s steeped in the human instinct…

Joseph Bebel Prior to the recent French parliamentary elections on June 19, many commentators predicted that French President Emmanuel Macron and his party, La République en Marche (now Renaissance), would retain their parliamentary majority in the National Assembly. Yet, by the time polls closed, it became clear that not only…

Nicholas Lokker On June 29 and 30, 2022, NATO Heads of State and Government met in Madrid for a highly anticipated summit. This gathering offered an occasion to define an innovative vision for the future of the alliance, which has gained renewed relevance in the context of Russia’s ongoing war…

Ryan Conner The U.N. Security Council’s mandate of the U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is due for renewal this month. Despite the continued presence of UNFICYP on the island, the United Nations has otherwise failed to advance political talks on the reunification of Cyprus. The latest round of formal…

Matthew Carvalho As a result of the past two years, academic and professional institutions around the world are increasingly interested in preventing disease, promoting health, and advancing scientific discoveries to limit the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies. …