International Organizations

List of International Organizations articles

The International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor, Karim Khan, a bald man in a gray suit and red tie, speaks at a podium during a press conference in Bogota. A blue ICC flag hangs behind him in front of a wood-paneled wall.

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders

The announcement ramps up pressure on Israel and puts the United States in a new bind.

A cat (L) is seen inside the hazmat suit sleeve of a health worker taking swab samples from residents in Shanghai on June 6, 2022.

Blocking a Fair WHO Pandemic Accord Endangers Humanity

Without an equitable agreement, including wealthy nations sharing IP with poorer ones, the world is doomed to repeat its COVID-era mistakes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

Can the ICC Actually Arrest Netanyahu?

A former ICC president answers questions about the top court's jurisdiction in the Israel-Hamas war.

A U.N. General Assembly meeting regarding the commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba, at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

The U.N. Gets the World to Agree on AI Safety

A new resolution on safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence was endorsed by all 193 member countries.

Several photographers and videographers swarm a bench of judges as they take their seats at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands. The room is lined with wooden paneling and chandeliers hang above. headphones and translation devices sit on the bench in front of the members of the court.
A United Nations volunteer stands in the yard of a U.N.-run school in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Is the United Nations Worth the Price?

The world body isn’t perfect—but you get what you pay for.

A person is seen from the side walking past a blue billboard.

The World Bank’s Big Week

What to know ahead of the institution’s annual meetings.

A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others.

The Alliances That Matter Now

Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.

An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism

How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created.

An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.

The China-Russia Axis Takes Shape

The bond has been decades in the making, but Russia’s war in Ukraine has tightened their embrace.

Protesters wave Nigerien and Russian flags in Niger.

Niger’s Coup Is West Africa’s Biggest Challenge Yet

ECOWAS’s Sunday deadline to reimpose Niger’s president could be the starting pistol for war across West Africa.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, is guided by a four-legged robot as she arrives for the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

It Was Set Up to Regulate Telegraphs. Now It’s Grappling With AI.

The U.N.’s oldest agency is taking on the world’s newest technology.

Demonstrators protest in support of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in front of the chancellery in Berlin.

It’s Time for the United States to Join the ICC

Strengthening the international justice system isn’t just the moral choice—it’s also the strategic one.

People protest Russian war crimes in Ukraine while in Vienna.

Putin Wanted by ICC Over Alleged War Crimes

The court has issued arrest warrants for the Russian president and another senior official over the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children.

The logo of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Austria’s About to Give Russia a Soapbox at the OSCE

Vienna will allow sanctioned Russian parliamentarians to attend the next big security meeting on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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