Richard Gowan

OK, what do I really think of #UNGA? Pre-recording an interview on #UNG78 with @sherwiebp this morning, I went a little off script. (Only joking 😉)

As deadly fighting breaks out across the #ThailandCambodia border, here's an excellent piece @CrisisGroup recently published on the build-up of conflict. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

Macron's approach to next week's two-state solution conference @UN is rather like the @Lionesses approach to the Euros: Leave it very late, score a last minute blinder, then hope that it all works out in extra time.

🚨🚨Macron announces that France will recognize the State of Palestine during the UN General Assembly in NY in September

🗞️NEW: How #China benefits from Trump’s pullout of UNESCO • Expand footprint inside UN • Push agenda on BRI, AI,Heritage sites • Use org in Global South • Partner with Mideast, EU inside🇺🇳 • @RichardGowan1 : A blow to counter-China bipartisan wing al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? crisisgroup.org/global/twiligh… via @crisisgroup

Our podcast host, @alextarquinio, wrote this essay for @ForeignPolicy on what @michaelgwaltz can expect walking into an anxiety-riddled United Nations. (Gift Link ⤵️) foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/21/mik…

Is it time to say goodbye to formal peacemaking institutions like the @UN and @OSCE? We may regret it if we do, I argue @CrisisGroup. crisisgroup.org/global/twiligh…

I tell @Joyce_Karam that the U.S. decision to quit @UNESCO is a "blow to those who hoped that the threat of Chinese influence would be enough to keep Trump engaged with the UN."

I guess @ManUtd know all about plunging off a cliff.

After yesterday's shift on Western Sahara by Portugal, a helpful reminder to all diplomats and non-diplomats of what the various elements of language on this issue mean and their implications: (A thread)

As the Trump administration takes another step back from the UN (👋 @UNESCO), a few thoughts @CEBRIonline about how the U.S. is creating political space for the Global South @UN. cebri.org/revista/en/art…

When people start dying from starvation it comes as a flood, not a trickle. And it looks like it's already starting. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

I appreciate @ishaantharoor’s including some of my thoughts in his new piece. A key driver of U.S.-China relations is the extent to which the United States is undercutting its own principal sources of competitive advantage. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

My latest @ForeignPolicy is an essay about what @michaelgwaltz can expect as the new @USUN ambassador to the United Nations, where the mood is filled with anxiety for the future and pondering what he meant by his pledge to "make the UN great again."

Join us Tuesday at 5.30pm in person, for this panel event on The Middle East on Edge @ChicagoCouncil with @RachelBronson1 @ProfessorPape @AliVaez (You can also join online) Register below. globalaffairs.org/events/middle-…

Provisional list of speakers for the annual heads of state and government General Debate during #UNGA80 in September #sabcnews

We linked to this @ForeignPolicy piece by "friend of the @delegateslounge pod" @RichardGowan1 in my latest essay for FP. UN nerds can enjoy two for the price of one! foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/25/uni…

Excellent job alert: @warstudies is hiring a lecturer in Foreign Policy on a full-time, indefinite contract. We already have lots of Middle East and East Asia expertise, but any other regional (and cross-regional) specialisms are of interest. jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA302/lec…

The U.S relationship with UNESCO is roughly equivalent to the role of Hugh Grant as a lovable cad in a 1990s rom com.