Mark Leon Goldberg

LIVE SOON: Sudan’s War Takes An Even Deadlier Turn Starting Oct 1 at 5:00 PM EDT

Please join this very timely conversation about the massive unfolding crisis in Sudan.
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How Seriously Should We Take Escalator-Gate? It's a bigger deal than you'd expect

Escalator-Gate is shaping up to be a real problem, and emblematic of how fragile US-UN relations are right now. 👇🏼

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How Seriously Should We Take Escalator-Gate? It's a bigger deal than you'd expect

Escalator-Gate is shaping up to be a real problem, and emblematic of how fragile US-UN relations are right now. 👇🏼
www.globaldispatches.org/p/how-seriou...

LIVE SOON: Live From UNGA! Trump’s Speech and More Starting Sep 23 at 11:30 AM EDT

Going live to talk UNGA and Trump at half pas the hour.... @anjaneundorf.bsky.social and @mayaungar.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

The 9 Speeches I'll Be Tracking at UNGA This Year Your UNGA Cheat Sheet

Here are the 9 UNGA speeches I'm most anticipating

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The 9 Speeches I'll Be Tracking at UNGA This Year Your UNGA Cheat Sheet

Here are the 9 UNGA speeches I'm most anticipating

www.globaldispatches.org/p/the-9-spee...

To Save Us from Hell -- globaldispatches.org -- outline key stories and themes to follow in their pre UNGA80 podcast. They'll also be providing analysis after high level week. Hosted by @anjalikdayal.bsky.social and @markleongoldberg.bsky.social

Mark's Personal UNGA Preview I’ve covered 19 General Assemblies—here’s my guide to the speeches, deals, and surprises that will shape this UN High-Level Week.

My annual UNGA Preview! www.globaldispatches.org/p/marks-pers...

It's the "Live from Aspen edition!

@sranderson.bsky.social sat down with @shaneharris.bsky.social, @markleongoldberg.bsky.social, and @alexward.bsky.social live from the Aspen Security Forum to discuss what foreign ministers were talking about, the hottest topic at the form, AI, and more.

The latest Global Dispatches episode from @markleongoldberg.bsky.social is mindboggling and sombre. His interview with Katherine Houreld from the @washingtonpost.com discussing impacts from the cessation of USAID highlights yet another preventable disaster.
#Sudan #GlobalNews #Humanitarian #MedSky

How Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Costing Lives in Sudan—The Largest Crisis on Earth Behind the numbers are real lives — and preventable deaths

USAID is dead. After 64 years, America’s global aid agency is gone — folded into the State Dept.

The fallout? 14 million lives at risk if U.S. aid cuts stick

I spoke with WaPo's Katharine Houreld about what that means for Sudan -->

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In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

This is a brilliant piece of journalism. I'm interviewing the author @khoureld.bsky.social tomorrow.

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Love this!

RFK Jr.’s Attack on Global Vaccinations Could Cost Hundreds of Thousands of Children’s Lives By sabotaging global vaccine efforts, RFK Jr. is turning junk science into deadly policy

RFK Jr did something yesterday that may result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children

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This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York

Whether you like Mamdani's style politics or not, I really appreciated @attackerman.bsky.social's argument here. Well worth your time.

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This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York

Whether you like Mamdani's style politics or not, I really appreciated @attackerman.bsky.social's argument here. Well worth your time.

www.forever-wars.com/this-is-the-...

Will The Iran-Israel Ceasefire Hold? The ceasefire is on shaky ground. A top expert explains what could happen now.

I had a really helpful conversation with @dassakaye.bsky.social who discussed some plausible scenarios going forward -->

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What global story should my next Global Dispatches podcast episode cover?

LIVE SOON: The Gaza Aid Debacle Starting Jun 5 at 11:33 AM EDT

I'm speaking with an expert from the International Rescue Committee about Israel's shambolic gaza aid operation:

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Two Podcast Series That Showcase Solutions For A World on Edge Spotlighting What Works in a Fractured World

If you like solutions journalism...

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LIVE SOON: What’s Pope Leo’s Global Vision? Inside His First Major Foreign Policy Speech Starting May 22 at 1:00 PM EDT

I'm speaking w/ @thomasreesesj.bsky.social at the top of the hour about Pope Leo's foreign policy debut.

What do you want to learn?

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Is The UN Moving to Rwanda? Probably not, but there's a proposal on the table -- and it says a lot about the UN today

This is not as far fetched as it may seem!

@anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I discuss at length the extreme cost-saving measures the United Nations is considering at this truly perilous moment for the organization

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The UN Has a Rare Shot at Reducing the Risks of AI in Warfare Inside the push to regulate lethal autonomous weapons — "killer robots" — and the diplomatic roadblocks ahead.

3/ The UN can sometimes provoke skepticism or disillusionment. But what I saw this week were committed people with serious ideas working in good faith to make the world a safer, more secure place for everyone.
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2/ It felt, in some ways, like witnessing history in the making—watching ideas take root that could, in a few years, shape binding international law.

1/ I had the opportunity to participate on the sidelines of UN consultations that may eventually lead to a treaty banning Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.

Basically, these refer to AI-powered killing machines that can select and hunt down targets without meaningful human control.

Who Will Be the Next UN Secretary-General? | With Richard Gowan Plus: Mike Waltz gets "promoted" to the UN

you’ve heard all about the new pope—now what about selecting the new secular pope? @markleongoldberg.bsky.social & I discuss the race to be the next UN Secretary General, & examine why picking the next chief diplomat is so fraught & messy, with the terrific @richardgowan1.bsky.social.

In a letter to Keir Starmer, the head of MSF-UK says of Gaza:

“What we are seeing is consistent with the description of ethnic cleansing and genocide provided by legal experts and human rights organisations.”

If only GlobalDispatches.org were a slot machine....

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How Trump’s "Skinny Budget" Could Break the UN Sweeping proposed cuts sets the UN up for failure

This new budget request from the White House sets the United Nations up for failure, with disastrous consequences to ensue.

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