Colum Lynch
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:22
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are carrying out a vigorous diplomatic campaign to prevent international scrutiny of its conduct during a six-month air war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to diplomatic sources and confidential documents obtained by Foreign Policy.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 06:12
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to endorse a landmark nuclear pact that would lift international sanctions against Iran in exchange for Tehran’s commitment to subject its nuclear program to far greater scrutiny.
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 06:47
South Sudan’s president stands accused of presiding over security forces responsible for killing thousands of civilians in a 13-month long civil war that has heightened fears of genocide and fueled international calls for the imposition of a U.N. arms embargo to stem the bloodshed. Susan Rice has stalled the American push for an arms embargo in South Sudan.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 09:56
The congressionally created watchdog responsible for monitoring U.S. reconstruction funds in Afghanistan blasted the United Nations' chief development agency for exercising a "baffling" lack of oversight of a fraud-tainted, multibillion-dollar program that funds the payroll of the Afghan police.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 06:28
China is not signing up for the U.S.-led fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. But the Middle Kingdom has found a lot to cheer for in President Barack Obama's growing push to rally international support for a crackdown on the Islamic extremists flocking to Syria and Iraq to expand the group's self-proclaimed caliphate there.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 07:23
The United States ratcheted up pressure on Israel to wind down its military offensive in Gaza, arguing that the more than 630 Palestinians who have been killed there -- most of whom were civilians -- underscored the need to secure an immediate cease-fire.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:55
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor will appeal to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to conduct a "thorough, independent and public inquiry" into allegations -- first disclosed in a Foreign Policy investigation -- that the U.N. systematically covered up crimes against civilians and U.N. peacekeepers in the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur, also known as UNAMID.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 08:08
The modest NSA reform bill passed in the House last month is set to be watered down even more as it makes its way to the Senate.
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:20
Last October, with security concerns in Libya mounting, the United Nations dispatched a high-level delegation to Tripoli to determine whether U.N. staff could function safely in a country beset by Islamist extremists and renegade militias that had killed America's top envoy, attacked foreign embassies, raided the country's oil resources, and temporarily abducted both the Jordanian ambassador and the former Libyan prime minister. The answer was a resounding no, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent an urgent letter to the U.N. Security Council asking for help assembling a 235-man security force that would be charged with guarding the world body's small mission in Libya. Seven months later, with security deteriorating so badly that the State Department is warning American nationals to leave Libya , the U.N. has yet to establish the force - though U.N. officials say they are gradually reinforcing their own security detail to address the shortcomings.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:50
The efforts highlight how the White House is grasping for ways to handle the Syrian crisis as U.S.- and Russian-sponsored political talks have stalled, the killing continues unabated, and President Assad is preparing plans for his re-election.