United Nations Development Programme
Israel continues operations against Hamas in Gaza, diplomats push for disarmament as shaky ceasefire continues
A ceasefire in Gaza has largely held throughout March 2026 as Israel focuses on renewed conflicts in Iran and Lebanon. However, low-level clashes, other violations of the agreement, and Israeli operations...
Op-eds
UNRWA in Gaza Has Been Replaced; It’s Time to Shutter the Agency
The UN Relief and Works Agency — or UNRWA — in Gaza has been replaced by over a dozen other aid organizations. UNRWA’s decades-long monopoly on aid and services has finally been broken, presenting...
Op-eds
8 UN Failures in Yemen
The United Nations has been active in Yemen for a decade, yet the country remains one of the poorest places on Earth. The country is at war with itself and home to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who kidnap...
Insights
The U.N.’s long war against Israel
For half a century, the most globalist of institutions has demonized the Jewish state
Op-eds
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.
Memos
Meet the U.S.-Funded Force Behind Lebanon’s Refugee Crackdown
The Biden administration’s Lebanon policy ends up propping up the very order it claims to oppose.
Op-eds
Can COP28 Expand Israeli Water for Arab Peace?
Iraq needs water. Israel has mastered desalination and other water-saving methods. Cooperation in this regard could achieve great things.
Op-eds
Missing the Mark
Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Monographs
Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for U.S. Sanctions in Yemen
Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, has vowed to evaluate the recent designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Pushed through...
Insights
The Role of Cyber Insurance in Securing the Private Sector
Memos
How Hamas Allegedly Embezzles Millions in Christian Charity
The arrests of the head of a U.S. charity operating in the Gaza Strip—and of an UN engineer—put the international spotlight on terrorism finance in the nonprofit world. The&n...
Op-eds
An Unhappy United Nations Birthday
Did it escape your attention that last month was the 70th birthday of the United Nations? Did you miss the opportunity to celebrate by following Elyx on an “exciting 70-day (virtual) trip a...
Op-eds
Admitting Syrian Refugees: The Intelligence Void and the Escalating Homeland Security Threat
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Legislative Testimonies
Digging Deeper Into the UN’s WIPO Tech for Tyrants Scandal
Congressional investigators of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs are pressing ahead with their inquiry into one of the flashier United Nations scandals of recent times — call it Tech f...
Op-eds
Beyond Parody: North Korea Presiding at UN Disarmament Conference
Even for the United Nations, this is over the top. It’s stock stuff at the UN that the worst offenders periodically plonk themselves down in one or another of the presiding seats and bask i...
Op-eds
U.S. Engagement of Africa in the National Interest
Earlier this year, citing an array of new initiatives including the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the President's Emergency Plan for...
Op-eds
Closet Case
The U.N.'s Worldwide Inventory Problem
Op-eds
Bad Faith Actor
In the pantheon of United Nations causes, Africa by many measures occupies a preeminent role. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has described “the African challenge” as “the highest...
Op-eds
Nice Work: The Taxpayer is Being Stung So This Lord Can Live in Admiralty House
Co-Authored by James Forsyth Mark Malloch-Brown, the minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, was the most prestigious recruit to Gordon Brown’s ministry of all the talents....