Former Senegalese president bows out a day after the Security Council’s sixth straw poll, citing a Council preference for a Latin American, and possibly female, candidate Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has withdrawn his bid to become the next UN Secretary-General. Sall’s campaign has struggled to gain traction from the start. In a statement released…
Day three brought a mass walkout, a remote Palestinian address and plenty of old arguments, while the race for the next secretary-general remained eerily quiet. The decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians took center stage in New York on Thursday, as the leaders of Palestine and Israel both addressed the General Assembly. As in 2025,…
From Brazil’s election-season diplomacy to Venezuela’s return and a crowded UN leadership race, Latin America arrives at UNGA81 with unusual geopolitical weight–and a potential UN office to fill. Latin America is carrying more weight at this year’s high-level week than it has in previous years. From Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opening the debate…
Rival candidacies and ideological battles are turning what could have been a moment of regional unity into a test of Latin America’s deepest fractures. After more than 30 years, Latin America long awaited its chance to once again lead the UN. The last to hold the position of secretary-general of the organization, the Peruvian Javier…
The executive boardroom fell silent as Leah, a senior executive at a Fortune 100 tech company with over two decades of strategic innovation experience, shared a painful truth. “I was passed over for the board position,” she admitted, her voice steady despite the weight of her words. Leah paused, then added the kicker: “The position…
In the vibrant world of classical music, American-Israeli-Japanese cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper stands out not only for her electrifying performances but also for her unwavering belief in music’s profound capacity to heal, connect, and transcend. Blessed with a captivating stage presence and an effervescent personality, Cooper has built a remarkable career that seamlessly weaves together…
At the 2025 Google I/O conference, CEO Sundar Pichai declared a watershed moment in technological evolution: “We are in a new phase of the AI platform shift, where decades of research are becoming reality for people all over the world.” This bold proclamation didn’t just mark another product launch—it represented the culmination of decades of…
As the son of a career Foreign Service Officer, our family moved every 18 months, changing countries, climates, and languages. Starting in the 1950s, much of the travel was by ship. It is hard to imagine 2025 climbing on a boat in Jakarta and three weeks later climbing off in Genoa – across the Indian…
Trump Trade War 2.0: Tariffs bring more questions and fears As soon as US President Donald Trump took office, he signed an executive order that would impose additional customs duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. On February 1, the White House announced that an additional 25 percent customs duty would be imposed on…
