These Stories Will Drive the Agenda During UN Week

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A Brilliant New Book Tells The Extraordinary Story Of Ordinary Syrians In The Civil War

Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution by Anand Gopal takes readers to the Syrian city of Manbij before, during, and after the civil war. Against all odds, the people of Manbij evicted the Assad regime from the city and built a democracy from scrat ...  Show more

The High Stakes of a Major UN Meeting on Nuclear Weapons

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the most important and impactful global agreement on nuclear weapons. 191 counties have joined the NPT since it entered into force in 1970, with just a few notable exceptions, including India, Pakistan, Israel and South Sudan. The NPT has t ...  Show more

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