Here is a timeline of Trump's actions involving international organizations and treaties from Jan. 2017 to Jan. 2021, and from 2024 onwards. aretenews.com/trump-watch-ti…

American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore? theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Just sent out a post about how US foreign policy now seems designed to weaken the US in relative terms more than anything the country has done since 1945. The question, I suppose, is whether its a mistake, or whether its deliberate.

🌐 🇺🇳 Scoop: UNHCR is the latest U.N. agency to impose urgent spending cuts after nearly US$1 billion of its 2025 budget was held up in Trump's foreign aid freeze. WHO announced similar cuts last week - both agencies count the U.S. as their top donor. aretenews.com/unhcr-cuts-cos…

The use of science, technology & innovation for international cooperation takes center stage in Africa-Europe relations, driven by initiatives like the A.U.-E.U. Innovation Agenda. Bupe Chikumbi interviews Vincenzo Lorusso of European Commission #sciencediplomacy aretenews.com/science-diplom…

The budget freeze is part of almost US$700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States. By Stefan Anderson aretenews.com/unhcr-freeze-f…

Greenland's international ties stand in way of Trump's strategic interest aretenews.com/greendland-int…

Nations rush to cash in as warming opens up Arctic's mineral wealth aretenews.com/warming-opens-…

Leaders push link between science, technology and government policies aretenews.com/leaders-link-s…

E.U.'s €20B plan calls for AI gigafactories with 'green computing' aretenews.com/eu-plans-build…

AI promoted for research and innovation in Africa and Europe aretenews.com/ai-research-an…

A papal messenger of 'climate action' and 'hope, humility and humanity' aretenews.com/pope-francis-l…

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Trump orders U.S. to expedite permits for deep seabed mining aretenews.com/trump-orders-s…

The global pandemic treaty was achieved in last-minute 'extraordinary' negotiations, says the president and CEO of Intl Peace Institute and member of The Elders Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, who praised the treaty negotiators for their 'amazing' critical problem-solving. aretenews.com/pandemic-treat…

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Despite a court ruling affirming USIP's independence, Trump's DOGE takeover has left vital Guatemala programs to curb unrest frozen. Experts warn these cuts may fuel violence and hinder reintegration efforts. Latest for Arete News: aretenews.com/doge-failed-ta…

Since 2022, Russia has abducted more than 19,000 Ukrainian kids Read my latest story on the Trump admin slashing funds for efforts to rescue missing children, including ending the Conflict Observatory program run out of Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH Medill News Service aretenews.com/us-guts-effort…

Delivering the Royal Historical Society 2025 Prothero Lecture in London, acclaimed British historian and author Peter Gatrell shared the importance of hearing, and critically interpreting, the voices of refugees themselves in UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency archival records. #displacement aretenews.com/rethinking-ref…