Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist


Most Recent Articles by Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist:

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL

Security Council has been ineffective in stopping the killings in Sudan

Chemical weapons are potentially on the loose in Syria and the UN is unable to conduct a credible investigation of chemical weapons use by either side of the Syrian conflict

Developing Iranian nuclear weapons threat and the transfer of Syrian chemical or biological weapons to terrorist hands

Richard Falk's Justification of the Boston Bombing Jihad

Deteriorating situation in Syria and the lack of UN Security Council action

UN closes its own aid facilities at the slightest hint of security problems in Gaza, blames Israel for taking steps to protect its own civilians from rocket fi

The Obama administration supports the treaty and will vote for it when the treaty text comes up before the General Assembly shortly.

Iran and North Korea just blocked consensus adoption of the arms trade treaty

While well-intentioned, this latest gambit at an "independent" investigation with "unfettered access" is likely to fail

Afghanistan is likely to collapse without many more billions of dollars of U.S. financial support

Repeated pattern of sanction, provocation, sanction, provocation

The Obama administration continues to play recklessly with fire in a region that is careening out of control

The UN’s Alliance Of Bigots February 28, 2013
Alliance of Civilizations is yet another in a long string of United Nations forums wasting money with false hopes

The Mazraa car bombing had all the markings of an al Qaeda-style attack

Iran is watching how President Obama reacts to North Korea's latest provocatioN

Israel did no more than enforce the Security Council's own resolutions

In downplaying the reality of arms shipments out of Libya, Mitri sharply undermined his credibility. The proof of arms transfers is palpable

The Obama administration's policies in Egypt have been an abysmal failure

France has taken the first bold move to roll back the jihadist occupation

We need at least one grown-up to serve on America's national security team. Chuck Hagel is not that person

Hamas threatens Israel with extinction, Hezbollah has amassed at least 50,000 deadly missiles and will likely access to Syria's chemical and germ weapons

Committee to Protect Journalists: Turkey the world's leading jailer of journalists- even exceeding Iran and China

Islamic jihadism, Syrian Opposition Coalition

In a region seething with barbarian dictators and barbarian Islamist jihadists who value death over life, the one island of sanity and true democracy is Israel.

Like a virus exploiting a weak immune system, the jihadists, mostly Arabs, are exploiting a power vacuum created by internal fighting among ethnic tribes within Mali

State of Moral Bankruptcy December 3, 2012
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian case for statehood

Abbas's "diplomatic resistance" at the United Nations this week appears to be a Hail Mary pass to stay relevant

These tactical measures are necessary but not sufficient to deal with the source of the threat not only to Israel, but to all Western democracies

Rockets aimed at civilians, sabotage of Israeli computers and manipulation of international law are all critical parts of the interconnected Palestinian attack to liquidate all of Israel in step-by-step fashion