What has Nikki Haley stood for at the United Nations? The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has been showered with plaudits on announcing her decision to exit at the end of this year. President Donald Trump praised her for making the job “glamorous” and earning foreign diplomats' respect.
For once, his foreign policy analysis was on the money. Since arriving in New York in January 2017, Haley has impressed other ambassadors as a tough-minded and politically savvy operator.
Despite having little prior knowledge of the U.N., the former South Carolina governor steered a series of hefty packages of sanctions against North Korea through the Security Council in 2017. She has been a consistent and forceful critic of Russia's war in Syria, in contrast to the administration's lack of strategic direction over the conflict. She has worked with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to streamline the institution's bureaucracy and cut the costs of its peace missions.
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