The Estonia Model: A Conversation With President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on a...
The Republic of Estonia built a new government from the ground up, resulting in the world's most comprehensive and efficient “e-government.” Citizens are empowered by a free nationwide Wi-Fi network...
View ArticleWill Putin Gamble All On A Broader Ukraine Invasion?
Westerners strain to predict Moscow's next moves in Ukraine, and elsewhere.President Vladimir Putin may think that Russia can weather Western reactions if he decides to move beyond the occupied part of...
View ArticleRoger-Mark De Souza on Resilience and the UN Climate Talks
Roger-Mark De Souza was quoted alongside UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Robert Redford in an Inter-Press Service article on this year's climate talks in Paris. IPS turned to De Souza to learn...
View ArticleVenezuelan U.N. Security Council spot could be thorn in the side for U.S....
[...]Venezuela looks to be a "shoo-in" for a spot on the Security Council after gaining the backing from Latin American and Caribbean nations for a seat in the 2015-16 session and faces no vocal...
View ArticleIran’s Dinner Diplomacy
Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, did not shake hands with Barack Obama at the United Nations this week, a year after their celebrated cell-phone chat. The two men didn’t even pass each other in the...
View ArticleVenezuela secures seat on U.N. Security Council; fireworks likely to ensue
[...]“There will be some unpleasantness and discomfort for the U.S. and its allies,” Eric Olson, the associate director of the Latin American program at the Woodrow Wilson Center told FNL. “But...
View Article¿Cambiará Venezuela el balance de poder entre EE.UU. y Rusia en el Consejo de...
[...]Acceder al Consejo "es una forma obvia de ganar prestigio internacional y Venezuela tiene problemas tan severos con su economía y con los niveles de polarización política que cualquier cosa que...
View ArticleONU-UN SI PER IL VENEZUELA E UN NO PER LA TURCHIA
[...]''C'e' un certo scontento negli Stati Uniti e tra i suoi alleati'', ha osservato Eric Olson, uno studioso del Woodrow Wilson Center di Washington,''ma la possibilita' del Venezuela di bloccare...
View ArticleMexico in Peacekeeping Operations: A Late and Controversial Decision
This article is also available in Spanish (see below).In a recent intervention at the general debate of the United Nations’ General Assembly, President Peña Nieto unveiled a decision that had long been...
View ArticleMexico's Involvement in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Mexico's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
View ArticleThe Estonia Model: A Conversation With President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on a...
The Republic of Estonia built a new government from the ground up, resulting in the world's most comprehensive and efficient “e-government.” Citizens are empowered by a free nationwide Wi-Fi network...
View ArticleWill Putin Gamble All On A Broader Ukraine Invasion?
Westerners strain to predict Moscow's next moves in Ukraine, and elsewhere.President Vladimir Putin may think that Russia can weather Western reactions if he decides to move beyond the occupied part of...
View ArticleRoger-Mark De Souza on Resilience and the UN Climate Talks
Roger-Mark De Souza was quoted alongside UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Robert Redford in an Inter-Press Service article on this year's climate talks in Paris. IPS turned to De Souza to learn...
View ArticleUN, U.S. Summits Offer Modest Immediate Relief to Refugees, But Systemic...
Heads of state gathered in New York for the September 19 United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants will reaffirm principles of international law, pledge to treat asylum seekers more humanely, and...
View ArticleMiddle East Leaders at UN on Extremism
Top leaders from across the Middle East expressed their support for efforts to confront terrorism, in their addresses to the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly. They emphasized the need for...
View ArticleSeparating Signal from Noise in Trump's United Nations Speech
Engineers use a signal-to-noise ratio to compare the strength of a desired signal to the level of background noise in audio and visual data recordings. The term is also used metaphorically to describe...
View ArticleWilson Quarterly Spotlight: Rising Populism and the International Order
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we explore the latest issue of The Wilson Quarterly, “The Fate of the International Order,” with the help of editor Richard Solash and contributor David Bosco....
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