Conference Primer - Disarmament : 2025

As the United States reviews its support to all international organisations, its assessed contributions to the world body could also soon become a target.
Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts have decimated the United Nations’ coffers. Voluntary contributions for specific programmes – from the International Organization for Migration, to UNAids, to the World Health Organization – have been drastically scaled back or wiped out altogether. But still looming is an ongoing review of all United States-funded international organisations, with UN officials on tenterhooks over what other financial support – including its as-yet untouched assessed contributions – could be heading to the chopping block. Geneva Solutions spoke to UN insiders and experts to look into some possible scenarios.

Already a major spender within NATO, Warsaw has massive military plans as fears grow about the reliability of the U.S. as an ally against Russia.

The five-point plan, unveiled as "ReArm Europe," is Europe's largest military and economic mobilization effort this century.

After an extraordinary U.S. repudiation, Ukraine won pledges from world leaders to urgently boost Europe's self-defense.

The launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is of serious concern, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting the persistent threat to global efforts towards disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.