The World of International Organizations
November 30, 2018
An international organization created to advance sustainable development through trade policy is shutting down after 22 years due to financial difficulties.
November 30, 2018
North American leaders signed a new trade pact that the Trump administration claimed was a major accomplishment but analysts said was more of the same.
November 28, 2018
The gap is widening between the goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius this century and what is realistically achievable.
November 26, 2018
The international organization that oversees global finance hopes to encourage American involvement by selecting a Trump appointee as its next chairman.
November 26, 2018
A U.S. Supreme Court case could weaken immunity rules for international organizations in the nation that offers them the most financial support.
November 25, 2018
Voters in Switzerland rejected a measure to put its laws ahead of international obligations, but a third showed a right-wing belief in self-determination.
November 21, 2018
Interpol’s general assembly rejected a Russian frontrunner and instead chose its interim chief, a South Korean police officer, as its next president.
November 20, 2018
U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim resigned after an internal audit found he spent almost a half-million dollars on nearly constant world travel.
November 20, 2018
A senior official in Russia’s interior ministry was poised to assume the presidency of the world’s largest international police organization.
November 19, 2018
America’s foreign policy, including its financial support for international organizations, is an emerging battleground in the newly divided U.S. Congress.