United Nations Security Council
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
Episodes
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#5176: IAEA Reports Iran: What the Vote Actually DoesThe IAEA Board reported Iran to the Security Council for the first time in 20 years — over 440kg of uranium it can't locate.Main topic -
#5683: How a Handshake Became the Temple Mount Status QuoNo treaty, no law, no signature — just Moshe Dayan's oral agreement with the Waqf, still governing the Mount 59 years later. -
#5577: When the UN Goes Viral: Pitchers, Shoes, and 6-Second ClipsA six-second clip of a man drinking from a pitcher resurfaces as if it's new — inside the long history of the UN's most meme-able moments. -
#5346: Why the UN's Biggest Week Is All About the SidelinesThe UN General Assembly meets year-round — so why do heads of state fly in for one frenzied week each September? -
#5338: Iran Is Rebuilding Parchin. Again.Satellite imagery shows Iran rebuilding the Taleghan Two site at Parchin for the second time in 18 months — this time under a tarp. -
#5293: Air Koryo and the ICAO Alignment ProblemWhat flying North Korea's flag carrier actually feels like — and why a cut-off state still shows up to ICAO meetings. -
#5190: How Iranian Rugs Reach Israeli ShelvesTunisian olive oil with French labels, Iranian rugs in Jerusalem shops — how goods actually move around sanctions and enemy-state bans. -
#5180: Egypt's Gaza and Israel's Jerusalem: Two Legal SuspensionsEgypt ruled Gaza for 19 years without annexing it. Israel applied full law to East Jerusalem in 1967. Two occupied places, two very different legal... -
#5156: Is Gaza One Place or Many?Gaza is 41 km long, but inside it: refugee camps, native towns, Bedouin tribes, and a fault line that runs through every city. -
#5496: Taking Down Jerusalem's 7km Border, Street by StreetBarbed wire, minefields, and a wax-pencil line: how Jerusalem's seven-kilometre border was physically torn down after 1967. -
#5298: The Mountain, the Message: Nuclear Tests as DiplomacyNine states. Two thousand detonations. Why a nuclear test is often a sentence in a conversation, not a lab result.