With each missile launch by North Korea that Beijing and Moscow refuse to condemn, the authority of the UN Security Council is undermined.
The premise of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has collapsed. Threatened by North Korea and others, Japan needs a new approach to nuclear deterrence.
UNSC’s role is to maintain peace and security in the international community, yet China and Russia vetoed its resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea.
The Security Council has a major responsibility for global peace and security, yet its current setup gives Russia the right to kill.
As the only nation to have suffered under the impact of the use of nuclear weapons, Japan’s role in the United Nations has been pivotal in...
With Joe Biden the presumed victor in an election for the 46th U.S. president after a tense few days, it is time for countries...
Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe etched a global leadership role for Tokyo by taking up the mantle in areas like regional and international...
The United Nations marks its 75th anniversary this autumn as the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) gets underway. Founded on October 24, 1945, immediately after the...
On May 20, when a ceremony was held for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to enter her second term, the United States announced the sale...
The non-transparency of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the non-effectiveness of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in their response to the coronavirus pandemic...
With the COVID-19 pandemic questioning the legitimacy of global regimes and institutions, this needs to be asked: Is it not time to reform the United Nations...
Last March 13, China yet again blocked the proposed initiative of the United States, Britain, and France to have the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...
