Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

December 27, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel strikes Houthi targets after ballistic missile attacks on Israel

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on December 26. The strikes are the latest attempt by Israel to deter the Houthis from...

April 5, 2024 | Alan Goldsmith |

The Urgent Need for UN Reform

The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.

November 12, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

What do we know about hospitals in north Gaza? – explainer

The hospitals in the Gaza Strip have become a main point of contention on the international stage as Israel's invasion of the Hamas-run enclave continues. Here's what we know about them.

June 16, 2023 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Hold the WHO accountable for embracing North Korea

Former President Donald Trump congratulated Kim Jong Un earlier this month after North Korea joined the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.  Nikki Haley, Trump’s...

December 16, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

November 1, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

June 2, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: June

June 2, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

China’s Multilateral March Continues

China scored several diplomatic victories last week at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), amplifying concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts...

May 20, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero |

So Much for Reforming the World Health Organization

The Biden administration vowed it would change the body from within, but its proposals play into the hands of China.

May 13, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Bill Gates’s Pandemic Prevention Plan Has a China-Sized Blind Spot

In his new book, the billionaire philanthropist focuses on technical solutions but ignores politics.

March 28, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero |

China hid the COVID pandemic and could do it again

The World Health Organization declared  that COVID-19 had become a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The  announcement  arrived when there were already 118,000 confirmed cases in 114 countries and more...

February 2, 2022 | Richard Goldberg, Anthony Ruggiero

Biden vowed to reform WHO from within — instead, it’s taking advantage of America

The World Health Organization chief last week presented a proposal to raise mandatory dues on member states, expand his autonomy to spend a larger budget and make it more difficult for large donors like...

February 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February

November 17, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The Demoralization of the U.N.

The transnational bureaucrats now do Beijing’s bidding

October 6, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

September 22, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

It’s time for Congress to act on WHO reform

Excerpt This week, the Biden administration missed the deadline to nominate a candidate to challenge embattled World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his quest for...

September 9, 2021 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Biden Must Move Fast to Replace WHO’s Tedros

It will take an all-out diplomatic blitz to block the director-general’s impending reelection.

August 27, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late August

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August 10, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early August

August 3, 2021 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Biden needs to get China to cooperate with the pandemic’s origins investigation

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, acknowledged in mid-June that there was a “premature push” to dismiss the theory that COVID-19 initially spread from...