United Nations Human Rights Council

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May

Book Review: The Never Ending War

One ideological goal that has animated foreign policy decision-making over the past three U.S. administrations has been a desire to retreat from “forever wars.” For Israel, such a fantasy-driven ambition...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: April

Cold War II and the new “new world order”

Unless we mobilize, expect no good outcome

The fall of the Golden Arch Theory

Enriching tyrants doesn’t prevent wars after all

Returning to UNESCO Will Not Solve Our China Problem

The Senate Appropriations Committee is quietly advancing a change to U.S. laws that would allow the Biden administration to rejoin the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

Putin Is Making a Mockery of the United Nations

The Biden administration must finally recognize what engagement at the U.N. can and cannot do.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

Putin’s winter war

A strategy to contain him should have been implemented years ago

On Amnesty’s car-crash interview in Israel

When the two most senior Amnesty officials presented their new report in Israel they struggled to answer the most basic questions. Their responses, writes Shany Mor, were ‘a mix of exasperation, ignorance, self-contradiction, and conspiratorial magical thinking’.

Hold Beijing Accountable for Aiding Kim Jong Un’s Crimes

China plays a crucial role in sustaining North Korea’s horrific human rights record.

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.

Investors Should Demand Transparency From ESG Research Firms

End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...

Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism

It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state

The U.N.’s final solution to the Israel question

Its campaign of demonization and delegitimization escalates

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January

Biden’s defense of democracy

It left a lot to be desired

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

The UN Must Reject Palestinian Rejectionism

The United Nations reserves November 29, its International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, for robust anti-Israel activity. The day’s events inappropriately put the UN’s thumb on the...

The Demoralization of the U.N.

The transnational bureaucrats now do Beijing’s bidding