Category: In the News

By working through the U.N., we can ensure that other nations share the responsibilities of global security and humanitarian relief.

-- Peter Yeo

United Nations Is an Invaluable ‘Club’ and Trump Should Say So

At the end of the day, the U.N. has demonstrated its value in a country of clear U.S. strategic importance.

-- Jordie Hannum

The UN Stepped Up in Mosul; the U.S. Must Step up for the UN

There is decades of research that shows that peacekeeping, when sufficiently resourced and equipped, can make a huge difference in terms of...

-- Jordie Hannum

UN Peacekeeping Budget Cut By $600 Million

This is hardly the time to be cutting humanitarian assistance, when we’re dealing with four emerging famines and the Syrian refu­gee crisis.

-- Peter Yeo

Foreign Aid Under the Ax in State Department Budget Proposal

We've got to have the U.N. working in partnership with United States and the U.S. military to advance our objectives.

-- Peter Yeo

Cutting Funding For UN Agencies Could Actually Hurt The US

Slashing voluntary funding to the UN would devastate the agencies that serve the world’s most vulnerable populations.

-- Peter Yeo

Hurting the United Nations Hurts the United States

He’s a forceful outspoken leader on the global stage and that’s something the U.N. needs.

-- Peter Yeo

Security Council: Portugal’s Guterres Is Choice for Next U.N. Secretary-General

If the U.N. is to extricate the bad actors...it must show that new policies will be implemented with unshakable resolve.

-- Peter Yeo

No Place for Rapists in Peacekeeping

America needs to be engaged now more than ever – and leverage our partnership with the United Nations to overcome these daunting...

-- Micah Spangler

More with Less: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong UN

UN peacekeepers are targets because they’re viewed as trying to work to establish peace and stability and to work with the political...

-- Peter Yeo

Peter Yeo on MSNBC Discussing the Attack in Mali

Today's events underscore the challenges of peacekeeping and the importance of U.S. leadership

-- Peter Yeo

Mali Terror Threat Runs Deep

Peacekeepers are being asked to do more than ever before to help address complex, transnational challenges that no single country can handle...

-- Micah Spangler

New Caucus Puts Spotlight on UN Peacekeeping