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AMERICAS
Running back to the UN
In late 2004 the U.S. was ignoring the UN despite it being obvious to the outside world that it was…
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ASIA
The accelerating destruction of Earth’s biodiversity: When will we act?
As those individuals aware of it will have observed, presumably with deep regret, the latest ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’…
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AMERICAS
How improvements in farming are addressing global hunger
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered daily life for nearly every citizen on the planet. And along with the direct effects…
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OPINION
Successes and failures of the United Nations
By Abdul Wasay Ajmal The formation of the United Nations is considered by academics and scholars as a pivotal moment…
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Editor's Picks
How, if at all, should the new Biden administration engagement with Russia change in order to best meet American interests, contain the China threat and improve global security
By Raphael Lapin When thinking about global security and balance of power, China’s 14th century novel by Luo Guanzhong, Romance…
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Editor's Picks
Global disturbing disparities
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, the President of United Nations General Assembly has put forth an ambitious agenda…
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AFRICA
Africa pivotal in new world order
By Renuka Naj The election of Joe Biden promises a return to conventional U.S. foreign policy in Africa. He may…
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Editor's Picks
An aging United Nations at 75: a Dignified death or rebirth?
By Richard E. Caroll At the conclusion of World War Two, the vision of Franklin Roosevelt of a trans-national political…
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Editor's Picks
4IR for SDG4: Societies must use 4th Industrial Revolution Ed-Tech to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4
By Jonathan Ward For many cosmopolitan observers, this year of successive shocks and sustained stresses to systems and institutions has…
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OPINION
The international security dimension of COVID-19 and the pivotal role of the UN Security Council
By Tan Sri Hasmy Agam and Anis H. Bajrektarevic The COVID-19 situation is very worrying, indeed, alarming matter, not just…
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