Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 7, 2026 Beyond a handful of high profile and sometimes controversial speeches before the UN General Assembly, few addresses reached the high points of oratory or even the level of more than ho-hum pedantic palaver. Of the 193 speakers, most addresses fall into the category of checking […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 28, 2026 The global winds of war, chaos, and political polarization have swept into the vast UN General Assembly Hall, swirling through a seemingly endless speakers list of 193 member states. Though the 81st Session largely lacked the open political rancor of some past Assemblies, the just […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 20, 2026 Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings and potentates are convening in New York for the annual General Assembly of the United Nations. The upcoming 81st Assembly not only brings together its 193 member states to discuss and debate global conflict, but hopefully to try to resolve political […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 11, 2026 It’s a quarter century since the world changed; 25 years since the horrific September 11th Islamist attacks on the United States uprooted America’s sense of security. As I wrote on that fateful day, “On a picture perfect blue azure September morning, the Grim Reaper visited […]
By John J. Metzler, September 3, 2026 A few months ago while in the Hague, I remembered Gen. Ratko Mladic, the gruff Serbian general who I thought might still be alive and serving his life sentence in a nearby UN prison for what is legally called “crimes against humanity. The old UN “International Criminal Tribunal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 30, 2026 Principal among the lethal risks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought to this modern battlefield has been the wanton use and proliferation of drone warfare. The armed drone, something outside the pages of science fiction a mere generation ago, has assumed a deadly role both […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 20, 2026 Five years after the fall of Kabul and the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government to the Taliban militants, the situation in the beleaguered South Asian state has deteriorated into a humanitarian morass and a staggering social dystopia especially for the female population. According to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 5, 2026 PARIS — A stunning and unexpected migrant rush into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta prompted alarm bells across Europe just as the major vacation season was in full swing. But just as over 50,000 largely Moroccan and sub-Saharan African migrants surged across the common frontier […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 31, 2026 PARIS — France has had a bad Summer. First came the heatwaves, later there was the respite of World Cup Football amid cooler days, and then in the midst of the World Cup finals, France lost badly and the heat and wildfires returned anew. France’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 23, 2026 Transnational terrorism, namely the global links and support of targeted violence, is hardly a new phenomenon. The September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States tragically underscored this grim reality. But what’s changed in the 25 years since September 11th has been the widening […]
