Tag: United Nations

The hypocrisy of global powers is glaring.

The deadline, instead of imposing decisiveness, may lead to prolonging tension and raising it to more complex levels.

The world cannot afford a leadership that treats international relations as a game of personal honor or conquest.

The board is not (yet) a substitute for the U.N., however.

When has Washington ever respected the sovereignty of nations when it conflicts with its own interests?

Venezuela is likely to become another wasted crisis, resembling events that followed when the U.S. forced regime changes in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.

We may only think ... it will return, but it won’t. It is no longer the child of Europe,

This time, the U.S. led the effort to 'internationalize' the conflict and add the U.N.’s support and legitimacy to its plan.

[T]he president failed to disclose that subsidies granted by his government — in connivance with the Republican Party — artificially maintain the viability of fossil fuels.

He sounded like a schoolboy pleading for the best student prize he hadn’t earned.