Irwin Arieff is a longtime journalist and editor with extensive experience writing about international diplomacy and politics. Capping a five-decade career, he served as a Reuters correspondent for 23 years, serving in senior posts in Washington, Paris and New York as well as at the United Nations before retiring from daily journalism in 2007. His main outlet these days is the UN-centric website PassBlue.com, where he writes an irregular column focusing on the U.S.-U.N. relationship as well as U.N.-neighborhood restaurant reviews.