Non-Aligned Movement

October 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

BRICS showcases non-Western world order emerging

The expansion of BRICS into countries that are close to the West shows how many states are hedging their bets on this non-western group of powerful economies.

September 22, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Ahead of UNGA session, Iran on a diplomatic offensive amid Hezbollah-Israel flare-up

Iran is also working with non-western groups at the UN. IRNA noted these include the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, BRICS, and others.

September 13, 2024 | |

Iranian Minister Urges Anti-Western BRICS Bloc to Create ‘Security Structure’

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, called for the BRICS bloc of states (named after original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China,...

May 30, 2024 | |

U.S. Boycotts UN Session Honoring Iran’s Late President

The United States boycotted a May 30 plenary session of the UN General Assembly held to commemorate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Speeches...

August 15, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ben Evansky

Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program

Gerd Müller prepares to outline his plans for UNIDO during the final week of August

August 24, 2020 | Andrea Stricker |

Add Taiwan to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Once a near-nuclear power, Taipei has since been an exemplary anti-proliferator — in cold contrast to Beijing.

September 18, 2015 | |

Isolation at the U.N.

In defending the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, President Obama and his staff argued repeatedly that rejection would leave America in dire isolation at the United Nations. Obama can now relax. Ha...

January 6, 2015 | Claudia Rosett The Tower |

How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies

In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...

December 12, 2014 | |

North Korea and Iran: Partners in Cyber Warfare?

North Korea has denied any involvement in the massive hacking attack last month on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and absent evidence c...

July 25, 2014 | |

Bad Move to the U.N.

Having failed to produce a deal after six months of bargaining in Vienna, the Iran nuclear talks now appear headed for a venue even less auspicious for the U.S. and its allies: the United Nations...

February 6, 2014 | |

The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations

In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...

January 9, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How A Weak Iran Deal Makes Us All Less Safe and War More Likely

The debate over whether Israel would launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities to blunt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions has always loomed large in the mind of Western policymakers...

October 7, 2013 | |

Iran’s Sequel to North Korea’s Nuclear Playbook

As world powers prepare for nuclear talks with Iran next week in Geneva, U.S. negotiators and their cohorts would do well to review the history of nuclear deals with another rogue state: the Demo...

September 30, 2013 | |

Iran, the U.N.’s New Authority On Nuclear Disarmament

With Iran pushing toward nuclear breakout ability at home, while peddling what some have dubbed “charm” abroad, there were plenty of odd moments as Iran’s President Hassan Rouha...

April 1, 2013 | Claudia Rosett The Wall Street Journal |

At the U.N., Iran Is a Powerhouse, Not a Pariah

The world's leading state sponsor of terrorism heads the General Assembly's second-largest voting bloc.

March 11, 2013 | |

The Iran-North Korea Axis of Proliferation

Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been...

February 20, 2013 | |

Meet Iran’s Ambassador to the UN

In a sold-out event, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, will be speaking Wednesday evening...

December 11, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report |

Aw Shucks, Why Not Let the UN Control the Internet?

Here it comes again — another United Nations-sponsored grab to control the Internet. Next month, Dec. 3-14, the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is holding...

November 20, 2012 | Claudia Rosett National Review Online |

The U.N. Tilt to Terrorists

As the attacks out of Gaza continued, Israel pleaded. The U.N. ignored it.

November 9, 2012 | Clifford D. May The Huffington Post |

Seven Foreign Policy Priorities for Obama’s Second Term

In his second term, President Obama will inherit -- from his first term -- a long list of national security and foreign policy challenges. If he were asking my advice (unlikely so long as pigs ar...