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Artificial intelligence is often described as a global race. In reality, very few countries are racing. In 2025, US institutions produced 59 notable AI models and Chinese institutions 35. More than 90% of prominent frontier models came from industry. The

A year ago, on August 28, 2025, the UN Security Council decided to close the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a large UN peacekeeping mission that has been stationed in southern Lebanon for nearly 50 years. What little attention this decision attract

On July 30th, the US-led Board of Peace announced a potential breakthrough in efforts to implement the roadmap for Gaza's political and security transition. Under the proposed arrangement, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) would

For the first time in the history of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, consensus has fractured. On July 1st, the General Assembly adopted the Strategy's ninth review resolution by a vote rather than by consensus, with 141 member states

The first Global Dialogue on AI Governance, convened in Geneva on July 6 and 7, 2026, is the UN's flagship multistakeholder forum on artificial intelligence (AI). Together with its companion body-the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI-it for

There is much speculation over the appointment of the next United Nations secretary-general. Many remain hopeful that the successful candidate will be a woman. According to the tradition of regional rotation, the next secretary-general should also be from

On June 30th, the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) launched a new publication, "UN Special Political Missions: An Overview," the first comprehensive official account of every special political mission deployed since 1948. The pu

Artificial intelligence is often described as a global race. In reality, very few countries are racing. In 2025, US institutions produced 59 notable AI models and Chinese institutions 35. More than 90 of prominent frontier models came from industry. The c

The week of June 22-26, 2026, set a milestone in the United Nations' institutional calendar: the first-ever UN Peacebuilding Week, convened in New York alongside the 20th anniversary of the UN peacebuilding architecture. Throughout the week, discussions w

In November 2025, the UN Security Council and General Assembly unanimously adopted twin resolutions (A/RES/80/11 and S/RES/2805) on the UN peacebuilding architecture review (PBAR). In the resolutions, member states decided to establish an annual "peacebui