Evelyn Leopold

Evelyn Leopold is a writing fellow and correspondent for Globetrotter. She is an independent journalist based at the United Nations and the winner of a UN Correspondents Association gold medal for her reporting. She served at Reuters as a manager, editor and correspondent in New York, Washington, London, Berlin and Nairobi. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and head of the Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists.

November 11, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics/History

Who Will Protect India? Maulana Azad’s Unanswered Question

India’s freedom struggle produced many extraordinary leaders, but few combined intellectual brilliance, political courage, spiritual depth and an unwavering commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity as profoundly as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. A freedom

Columns/Geopolitics

Saudi-Türkiye-Pakistan Troika: Regional Security Needs Diplomacy in Yemen

The latest air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi movement have once again highlighted an enduring paradox of modern conflict. Military power remains necessary to contain threats, protect critical infrastructure and impose costs on hostile actors. Yet military power alone rarely resolves

November 11, 2026

Bangladesh Must Protect Every Citizen—Hindu or of Any Other Faith

Columns/Geopolitics

For more than two years, the plight of Hindu citizens in Bangladesh has been a wound that refuses to heal. Homes have been attacked.

Anthropic targets $1.4 trillion valuation in planned $64 billion Nasdaq IPO

Business

Anthropic has filed to offer 825 million shares at between $70 and $78 each in an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise up

Iran Punished For Treatment of Women

December 21, 2022

Diplomacy/Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran was the first UN member ever to be expelled from the prestigious Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), tasked with protecting women’s rights and promoting gender

The UN Proved Its Usefulness in Crafting Ukraine Grain Deal

August 28, 2022

Ukraine

The United Nations has some bragging rights in Ukraine after months of criticism it could not stop the disastrous war, devising a deal with Turkey, Ukraine and Russia that could deliver much-needed