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We are driven by a conviction that to build a better future, we must look to the world beyond borders. At Arete News, we strive to illuminate the unseen realm of international organizations and the shared knowledge they hold. While these institutions are often perceived as slow-moving, wasteful, or opaque, their work contains a vital trove of data, research, and expertise. We believe that to solve

global challenges, we must first tap into these hidden insights from the organizations and agreements that both underpin and shape the way we share our planet. Our mission is to provide public policy professionals and researchers with the verifiable information they need to navigate this essential, yet often-overlooked, landscape. Our perspective is unique, a blend of precision and purpose. Founded by journalists and climbers, we approach every story with the same respect for the facts and commitment to the truth as a high-altitude ascent. We believe that courage and clarity are essential to reporting on what truly matters. As astronaut Nick Hague once said, "International cooperation is so important … it is what’s going to propel humanity into the future." This is why our name is Arete. In ancient Greek, it means "excellence" and "knowledge." In French, an arête is a sharp ridge. We are guided by both meanings: the pursuit of journalistic excellence and a sharp, elevated perspective on the world’s most critical issues. Find us also at: .bsky.social

07/13/2025

Southeast Asian nations wrapped up their annual foreign ministers' meetings by marking a significant diplomatic stride on nuclear disarmament, even as the specter of new U.S. trade tariffs cast a shadow over their economic future.

Southeast Asian leaders face new U.S. tariff threats, gain nuclear zone promise from China in shifting global dynamic.

07/07/2025

Delivering the Royal Historical Society 2025 Prothero Lecture in London, acclaimed British historian and author Peter Gatrell shared the importance of hearing and critically interpreting the voices of refugees found among UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency archival records.

The Society's president, Lucy Noakes, a historian, author, and professor at the University of Essex, said the lecture is traditionally given by a leading historian whose research shapes fundamentally how we regard the past

In an era increasingly defined by global displacement, Gatrell, an emeritus professor of history at the The University of Manchester, challenged conventional views, arguing for a more nuanced approach toward refugees, not as a "fourth world" of anonymous victims but as active participants in shaping their own lives and, at times, influencing policy.

Beyond official narratives and statistics are the complex realities and unexpected agency of displaced populations.

05/21/2025

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05/12/2025

U.S. and China agree to hit 90-day pause in trade war after Geneva talks. Both sides moved to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods after an intense weekend of Swiss-hosted negotiations.

Both sides moved to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods after an intense weekend of Swiss-hosted negotiations.

11/17/2024

Donald Trump, the once and future U.S. president, leads a nativist political movement deeply hostile to the modern era of U.S. leadership and support for international cooperation and development. Here is a timeline of Trump's actions involving international organizations and treaties from Jan. 2017 to Jan. 2021, and from Nov. 2024 onwards.

The U.N. and other organizations anticipate a second round of reduced U.S. support and engagement with Trump's return.

11/09/2024

At CERN on his way to COP29 Azerbaijan, former U.S. vice president Al Gore says Donald Trump probably won't be able to undo the Democrats' landmark law because of the hundreds of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs from clean energy projects. Climate Reality

After four decades of climate advocacy, the former U.S. vice president still leads global resistance to fossil fuels.

11/07/2024

It's now an open question whether or to what extent America's post-World War II role as a leader of the free world and rules-based international order fits within Trump's "America First" approach of narrow self-interest.

A second Trump term will likely pose a serious threat to U.N.-led efforts on climate change, global health and trade.

11/02/2024

Second in a series from an 18-year-old Swiss-American who's studying comparative politics and new to voting in two countries.

I'm 18, Swiss-American, and I've been learning about how two similar democracies can have such different political cultures.

10/25/2024

"One big similarity between the two countries where I'm a citizen – I was born in Palo Alto, California, where my Swiss parents lived at the time, but I mostly grew up in the Swiss capital, Bern – is a continuing clash between the far-left and the far-right."

"Another is the tendency to hear liberal views in cities and conservative views in rural areas. One big difference, though, is how we view women leaders. Twelve days before America decides if it will have its first woman president, Switzerland's sixth woman president chaired a U.N. Security Council session about giving women a greater role in peacemaking."

As a Swiss-American, I'm represented by a Swiss woman president who spoke at the U.N. Maybe the U.S. will follow?

10/22/2024

Diplomats on the United Nations Security Council explored ways of boosting the use of science in decision-making about matters of international peace and security. Science diplomacy as a tool for handling 21st century global challenges is a signature issue for Switzerland as a member of the 15-nation Security Council. Ignazio Cassis Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

The promotion of science diplomacy as a tool for handling complex global challenges is a signature issue for Switzerland.

10/10/2024

WASHINGTON (AN) — Global warming is pushing the Earth to the edge of an “irreversible climate crisis” so severe and unforgiving, climate researchers report, that the very fabric of life on our planet is imperiled.

After years of warnings from ten of thousands of scientists from around the globe, and even some fossil fuel producers, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase and push the climate toward the breaking point.

An international team of scientists find a growing number of the planet’s key climate indicators have reached record levels.

09/12/2024

Global cooperation on health, defense, climate change and more would be at risk under a second Trump presidency.

During his first four years in office, the Republican former president promoted an aggressive “America First” policy characterized by skepticism of multilateralism along with an untrusting, adversarial approach to international organizations and their missions of global advancement.

In the years since American voters rejected Trump in favor of Democrat Joe Biden, there has been no indication that the ex-president’s positions have grown anything but more extreme.

Global cooperation on health, defense, climate change and more would be at risk under a second Trump presidency.

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