The UN’s Anti-Semitic Alliance
The Turkish prime minister’s recent slander about Zionism occurred at a UN organization event.
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
“Islamophobia” and the Silencing of Dissent
In recent years, much has been written on and discussed about “Islamophobia,” that contrived prejudice that is said to attach to those who question, however sincerely, prevailing unde...
Op-eds
The European Caliphate
A refugee from the Muslim world sees it taking shape.
Op-eds
Ground Zero Mosque: The Bombast of Imam Feisal
After summering in Malaysia and assorted petro-capitals of the Arabian Gulf, the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is back in America - though not for long. His...
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Iran’s Mini-Empire At The U.N.
The United Nations has just created a new "entity" on women's rights, called U.N. Women. Elections to its governing board are now being organized. How long before Iran wins a seat?...
Op-eds
A Quisling Turkey
Beware. With stunts such as this week's bid to deflect further sanctions on Iran, Turkey's leaders like to boast that they are creating a new role for their nation as a rising regional...
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The U.N.’s ‘Alliance of Civilizations’
Obama has chosen a murky venue for his venture into Middle East politics.
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Iran’s Power At The United Nations
With Iran racing down the homestretch toward a nuclear bomb, the United Nations Security Council has spent more than two years expressing "serious concern." By now, Iran is under U.N. sanctions,...
Op-eds
Opportunity Lost
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered his farewell speech Monday, squandering yet another opportunity to apologize for his failures and come clean about the U.N. Instead, he used...
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The Unreality of U.N. Reform
Not to be outdone by his own ruckus-raising deputy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan himself is now instructing the U.S. on how to treat t...
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How Corrupt is the United Nations?
Recent years have brought a cascade of scandals at the United Nations, of which the wholesale corruption of the Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq has been only the most visible. We still do not...
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Old Ties Resurface in New Annan Project at U.N.
Coauthored by George Russell NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has just tabled ostensibly radical proposals for reform, at a proposed cost of mo...
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Don’t Shred on Me
Paul Volcker's findings on Oil for Food have been widely received as the final word on the United Nations relief program for Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Far from it--as Mr. Volcker himself h...
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New U.N. Scheme: Alliance of Civilizations
Co-authored by: George Russell NEW YORK — After the epic disaster of Oil for Food, one might imagine the United Nations would tread carefully before launching any ne...
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Procurement Scandal: New Conflict of Interest in Annan’s Inner Circle?
Co-authored by: George Russell. United Nations investigators scrambling to discover the extent of a bribery scandal spreading out from the organization’s procurement depar...
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All the Secretary-General’s Men: the Tangled Web of U.N. Cronyism
Reforming the United Nations is a tall order at the best of times. Today it stands no chance at all unless it starts by removing the network that during Kofi Annan's more than seven years as...