🔔 New on the GO: Three years of Security Council discussion have produced no product specifically on AI.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/10/security-council-ai/

🔔 New on the GO: Can there be a durable solution in Afghanistan without asking the people what they want?

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/10/design-a-consultation-process-for-the-people-of-afghanistan/

🔔 New on the GO: Can a financially motivated deadline accelerate national ownership of humanitarian action?

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/10/humanitarian-transition-nigeria/

🔔 New on the GO: Formal recognition of Palestine has had little impact on its ability to exercise sovereignty on the ground.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/transformative-recognition-of-palestine/

🔔 New on the GO: The UN still has no established mechanism for handling complex global shocks.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/the-next-un-secretary-general-will-inherit-a-system-unfit-for-the-next-complex-global-shock/

🔔 New on the GO: Who will control the border in Gaza, and by what right?

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/gaza-crossings/

🔔 New on the GO: Can a political bargain between the Security Council, the Secretariat, and host states reset consent for UN peace operations?

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/strategic-level-compacts/

🔔 New on the GO: The UN80 initiative’s structural reform track put the cart before the horse.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/un-structural-reform-backward/

🔔 New on the GO: Governments are expelling UN officials with almost no consequence. What can the next secretary-general do?

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/un-staff-expulsions/

🔔 New on the GO: Twenty years of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and cities are still overlooked.

Eric Rosand argues cities are already doing the work the Strategy calls for and deserve a seat at the table.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/un-counterterrorism-strategy-cities/

🔔 New on the GO: Even another Trump–Kim summit would not change UN sanctions on North Korea.

👉 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/09/sanctions-north-korea/