Minh-Thu Pham
@minhthu.bsky.social
Thinking, acting, collaborating to renew 🌏multilateralism, as Co-founder & CEO @ProjectStarling, Nonresident Scholar @CarnegieEndow, and Lecturer @PrincetonSPIA. Global governance, SDGs🇺🇳UN, refugees, AAPI. Proud member @LeadershipNP @PIVOTorg
Amazing news for @freedomfund.bsky.social from my friend @nickgrono.bsky.social! Wonderful to see this recognition of their important work and the impact they make. 🙌
There are many wonderful moments in my job, but few are as wonderful as receiving the news of a big, second, unrestricted gift from MacKenzie Scott! Read how this gift will enable @freedomfund.bsky.social to better support 190+ frontline partners: www.freedomfund.org/news/gift-ma...
Tranformative gift from MacKenzie Scott | Freedom Fund
The Freedom Fund is delighted to share the news of a landmark $60 million unrestricted gift to the Freedom Fund from MacKenzie Scott.
www.freedomfund.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Amazing news for @freedomfund.bsky.social from my friend @nickgrono.bsky.social! Wonderful to see this recognition of their important work and the impact they make. 🙌
As World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings begin, the need for reform is urgent.
A new @ForeignPolicy brief on Global Governance Reimagined from @FordFoundation tackles this critical issue.
I was honored to contribute w others like Rebeca Grynspan. Read it here: globalgovernancereimagined.com
A new @ForeignPolicy brief on Global Governance Reimagined from @FordFoundation tackles this critical issue.
I was honored to contribute w others like Rebeca Grynspan. Read it here: globalgovernancereimagined.com
Global Governance Reimagined
globalgovernancereimagined.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
As World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings begin, the need for reform is urgent.
A new @ForeignPolicy brief on Global Governance Reimagined from @FordFoundation tackles this critical issue.
I was honored to contribute w others like Rebeca Grynspan. Read it here: globalgovernancereimagined.com
A new @ForeignPolicy brief on Global Governance Reimagined from @FordFoundation tackles this critical issue.
I was honored to contribute w others like Rebeca Grynspan. Read it here: globalgovernancereimagined.com
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Does the UN have a future?
I talked to @economist.com alongside @minhthu.bsky.social (who is more hopeful than me!).
www.economist.com/internationa...
I talked to @economist.com alongside @minhthu.bsky.social (who is more hopeful than me!).
www.economist.com/internationa...
The UN’s grim future
Going rogue, decay or Trumpification
www.economist.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Does the UN have a future?
I talked to @economist.com alongside @minhthu.bsky.social (who is more hopeful than me!).
www.economist.com/internationa...
I talked to @economist.com alongside @minhthu.bsky.social (who is more hopeful than me!).
www.economist.com/internationa...
Compromiso de #Sevilla marks a new path for development finance. With U.S. out, the rest of the world agreed to shift voice & influence to the Global South.
My piece @CarnegieEndow on what #FFD4 means for dev finance, Global South, multilateralism—plus key outcomes.
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/a4wfsce8
My piece @CarnegieEndow on what #FFD4 means for dev finance, Global South, multilateralism—plus key outcomes.
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/a4wfsce8
The Compromiso de Sevilla Marks a New Path for Development Finance
With the United States dropping out of negotiations, the rest of the world signed on to an agreement that shifts voice and influence toward the Global South.
carnegieendowment.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Compromiso de #Sevilla marks a new path for development finance. With U.S. out, the rest of the world agreed to shift voice & influence to the Global South.
My piece @CarnegieEndow on what #FFD4 means for dev finance, Global South, multilateralism—plus key outcomes.
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/a4wfsce8
My piece @CarnegieEndow on what #FFD4 means for dev finance, Global South, multilateralism—plus key outcomes.
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/a4wfsce8
My interview with @Devex: What is Financing for Development 4 and why is it a big deal? www.devex.com/news/what-is...
What is Financing for Development 4 and why is it a big deal?
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development approaches, Seville could define the next decade of development finance — with critical debates on debt, tax, trade, and aid on the ...
www.devex.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My interview with @Devex: What is Financing for Development 4 and why is it a big deal? www.devex.com/news/what-is...
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📣The Starling's Call May newsletter is out covering:
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
📣The Starling's Call May newsletter is out covering:
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
Great stuff in our most recent update, including recommended readings from Adriana Abdenur, @crisisgroup.org @thantmyintu.bsky.social Degan Ali, Zainab Usman, and Norway and Mexico missions to the UN leading on multilateral cooperation.
📣The Starling's Call May newsletter is out covering:
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
▪️#UN reform at 80: It's my birthday, I'll cry if I want to🎂
▪️Pandemic accord
▪️Financing for Development #FfD
▪️Our update
▪️Must reads, key dates & more
Read👉http://rb.gy/1h119n
Subscribe👉https://www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
May 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Great stuff in our most recent update, including recommended readings from Adriana Abdenur, @crisisgroup.org @thantmyintu.bsky.social Degan Ali, Zainab Usman, and Norway and Mexico missions to the UN leading on multilateral cooperation.
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📢 Our second issue of Starling's Call monthly newsletter is out, covering multilateral disruption, US-UN ambassador, pandemic agreement negotiations, budget crunches, events, and more. Read it here👉 tinyurl.com/2xkpfkka
Subscribe here 👉 www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
Subscribe here 👉 www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
April 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
📢 Our second issue of Starling's Call monthly newsletter is out, covering multilateral disruption, US-UN ambassador, pandemic agreement negotiations, budget crunches, events, and more. Read it here👉 tinyurl.com/2xkpfkka
Subscribe here 👉 www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
Subscribe here 👉 www.projectstarling.org/subscribe
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This feels like a moment for reading, not only for current affairs analysis but for getting water from the deeper wells. Here’s two I am on now. Please share your recommendations.
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This feels like a moment for reading, not only for current affairs analysis but for getting water from the deeper wells. Here’s two I am on now. Please share your recommendations.
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I am often asked about my sincere belief in others & how that gives me hope.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I am often asked about my sincere belief in others & how that gives me hope.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
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This is the predictable result of Trump's threats against Greenland, Canada, Gaza, and Panama: Dictators elsewhere feel licensed to do the same.
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal
As ExxonMobil produces oil offshore in Guyana, Venezuela has asserted claims to a large region of the country, recently sending a naval vessel into the waters.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is the predictable result of Trump's threats against Greenland, Canada, Gaza, and Panama: Dictators elsewhere feel licensed to do the same.
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
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10 steps to avoid learned helplessness:
1-Get out & protest;
2-Support those who fight, not those who fold;
3-Lobby the media;
4-Cancel bad media;
5-Reward good media;
6-Call congresspeople;
7-Support legal fights;
8-Boycott bad actors;
9-Don’t let state borders limit your activism; &
10-Stay loud.
1-Get out & protest;
2-Support those who fight, not those who fold;
3-Lobby the media;
4-Cancel bad media;
5-Reward good media;
6-Call congresspeople;
7-Support legal fights;
8-Boycott bad actors;
9-Don’t let state borders limit your activism; &
10-Stay loud.
Some major institutions have capitulated to Trump, but there’s also growing outrage and activism by everyday Americans.
People power can rescue our country. Be a part of it.
My free Stop the Presses newsletter.
People power can rescue our country. Be a part of it.
My free Stop the Presses newsletter.
How people power can beat MAGA money and meanness
Join a protest, support quality media, and back politicians who fight.
www.stopthepresses.news
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
10 steps to avoid learned helplessness:
1-Get out & protest;
2-Support those who fight, not those who fold;
3-Lobby the media;
4-Cancel bad media;
5-Reward good media;
6-Call congresspeople;
7-Support legal fights;
8-Boycott bad actors;
9-Don’t let state borders limit your activism; &
10-Stay loud.
1-Get out & protest;
2-Support those who fight, not those who fold;
3-Lobby the media;
4-Cancel bad media;
5-Reward good media;
6-Call congresspeople;
7-Support legal fights;
8-Boycott bad actors;
9-Don’t let state borders limit your activism; &
10-Stay loud.
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
March 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
Small acts in the right direction can shift the entire system.
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
March 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Small acts in the right direction can shift the entire system.
💯Don’t underestimate the power of connection. Recently, I organized a gathering in the flesh to connect former leaders who are overwhelmed by the assault on global norms, institutions, & U.S. leadership in the world. It was soul-nourishing and substantively inspiring. Connect, plan & act.
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
💯Don’t underestimate the power of connection. Recently, I organized a gathering in the flesh to connect former leaders who are overwhelmed by the assault on global norms, institutions, & U.S. leadership in the world. It was soul-nourishing and substantively inspiring. Connect, plan & act.
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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If the rise of the far right is fueled by a crisis of meaning and legitimation, and not just adverse material outcomes, then the solution cannot be found at the level of policy. It can only be found in a politics of values, purpose, and history.
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If the rise of the far right is fueled by a crisis of meaning and legitimation, and not just adverse material outcomes, then the solution cannot be found at the level of policy. It can only be found in a politics of values, purpose, and history.
🔥The moment calls for collective intelligence & action. Recent events underscore the need to build community and share knowledge & ideas so we can act together. Project Starling has launched the Starling's Call newsletter as a start. Read, subscribe & let's figure it out together.🕊️
bit.ly/3FI6lxr
bit.ly/3FI6lxr
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🔥The moment calls for collective intelligence & action. Recent events underscore the need to build community and share knowledge & ideas so we can act together. Project Starling has launched the Starling's Call newsletter as a start. Read, subscribe & let's figure it out together.🕊️
bit.ly/3FI6lxr
bit.ly/3FI6lxr
🔥Truth👇🏼
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
March 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
🔥Truth👇🏼
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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
Shameful. The U.S. has sided with Russia, North Korea, Hungary, and Belarus to vote against a resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
February 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Shameful. The U.S. has sided with Russia, North Korea, Hungary, and Belarus to vote against a resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.