Show Producer’s Blog: Debating Foreign Policy

Last week I blogged about Syria and the R2P or the doctrine of “Responsibility to Protect.” What should the international community do in the case of a government like Syria’s, which is killing its own citizens? [...]

Top ten list for bad UN resolutions

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with journalist Colum Lynch about a column he wrote for Foreign Policy magazine where he names his picks for the ten worst U.N. Security Council resolutions ever.

The Nuclear Disarmament Movement

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It was striking this week–with all the talk at the United Nations of getting rid of nuclear weapons–that the rhetoric was coming from the mouths of world leaders rather than the megaphones of demonstrators. It got us wondering what ever happened to the nuclear disarmament movement? Jonathan Schell and Lawrence Wittner have some answers.

UN resolution against proliferation

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President Obama chaired a meeting of the U.N. Security Council today, which approved a resolution aimed at stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The World’s Katy Clark reports.