Press & outreach

Devex, “What is Financing for Development 4 and why is it a big deal?” by Jesse Chase-Lubitz, quoting Minh-Thu Pham, May 30, 2025.

Helsingin Sanomat, “The Face of the New World? A woman from Latin America and the Caribbean is likely to be elected as the next UN Secretary-General,” by Tommi Hannula, interview with Minh-Thu Pham, December 29, 2024. (Translated here.)

Al Jazeera interview on UN Summit of the Future and UN agencies operating in crisis, interview with Minh-Thu Pham, September 24, 2024.

Washington Post, "World leaders gather at a U.N. desperate to save itself," column by Ishaan Tharoor, quoting Minh-Thu Pham's analysis, September 23, 2024.

Politico Global Playbook, Day 2 of UNGA, by Suzanne Lynch, quoting Minh-Thu Pham, September 23, 2024.

UN Dispatch, "These Stories Will Drive the Agenda During UN Week," by Mark Leon Goldberg, quoting Minh-Thu Pham, September 23, 2024.

Global Cooperation Update from Global Nation, “Nothing about us without us” — a slogan to turbocharge the UN’s Summit of the Future” by Jonathan Glennie, February 1, 2024.

NPR, “The U.N. plan to improve the world by 2030 is failing. Does that make it a failure?”interview with Minh-Thu Pham, by Michael Igoe, September 21, 2023.

Washington Post, “The main storylines at a gloomy United Nations,” Analysis by Ishaan Tharoor, September 19, 2023.

Arab News, “Erdogan’s COP26 retreat an environmental, democratic failure: Experts,” by Christopher Hamill-Stewart, November 2, 2021

New York Times, “Vietnamese Americans, Once Displaced Themselves, Mobilize to Help Afghans,” interview with Minh-Thu Pham, by Madeleine Ngo, October 3, 2021.

NBC Nightly News, “Vietnamese American refugees offer support to Afghans amid U.S. withdrawal,”interview of Minh-Thu Pham, August 23, 2021.

Politico, Birthday of the Day, featuring Minh-Thu Pham on U.S. General Election Day, November 3, 2020.

“Shifting Sands of Multilateralism: Change in a New International Order,” A Project Starling Report by John Norris, June 2025.

“The Return of Landmines: A Symbol of Eroding Global Norms,” Opinion by Elena Bertozzi, PassBlue, April 16, 2025.

"The Good–and Bad–News About the UN Summit of the Future," Commentary by Stewart Patrick and Minh-Thu Pham, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 19, 2024.

"It's time we embrace politics to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals," blog by Minh-Thu Pham in United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Voice, SDG Blog, Volume 28, No. 9, September 2024.

“The UN Pact for the Future Needs Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue,” Commentary by Minh-Thu Pham, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 15, 2024.

“UN Expert on the Institution’s Successes, Failures, and Continued Relevance,”Commentary by Minh-Thu Pham, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 21, 2023.

“Five things to watch for at the UN General Assembly Opening,”Commentary by Stewart Patrick and Minh-Thu Pham, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 14, 2023.

“Decoding Systems Change: Actionable Insights and Recommendations,”Shifting Systems through Philanthropy initiative of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, by Carne Ross, July 12, 2023.

“A united world order is needed to tackle the climate crisis,” Euroactiv Opinions, by Carne Ross, May 11, 2022.

“Why many immigrants believe the ‘big lie’ — and will again,”Washington Post Opinions, by Minh-Thu Pham, February 2, 2022.

“The Tipping Point: A global system that works for all?”UNA-UK Magazine, by Minh-Thu Pham, December 2019.

See Project Starling events here

Live online UN General Assembly curtain-raising virtual panel, September 16, 2024.

Richard Gowan, UN Director of the International Crisis Group; Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America and former member of the UN High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism; Minh-Thu Pham, Nonresident Scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and CEO of Project Starling; moderated by Stewart Patrick, director of the Global Order and Institutions program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

“Is this the moment to renew global governance? Prospects for the UN Summit of the Future” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace virtual event, February 28, 2024.

Stewart Patrick, director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Global Order and Institutions Program, will moderate a conversation with Guy Ryder, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Jake Sherman, Minister Counselor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and Minh-Thu Pham, Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

“A Conversation on renewing global governance with Anne-Marie Slaughter member of the Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism,” June 14, 2023 ambassadorial luncheon event hosted by Princeton University’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and New America.

Facilitated by Minh-Thu Pham, with opening remarks from President of the General Assembly Csaba Korosi, Professor Andrew Moravcsik, Director of LISD and H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, the Permanent Representative of the Liechtenstein Mission to the UN, and closing remarks from Michele Griffin, Director in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.