🌎🥊 DEEP DIVE — November's election represents a hinge moment for America's place in the world.
It may be living through the last gasps of America First — or just getting a taste of what's to come, @DavidLawler10 writes. axios.com/un-general-ass…
❌ This year's UN General Assembly was another opportunity missed for any coherent global action on dealing with devastation from the pandemic and for shaping a new global order.
🇨🇳 China is happy to work within existing multilateral structures, as long as they don't stop Beijing from doing what it wants, @BethanyAllenEbr writes. axios.com/china-global-s…
🗣 Former Sec. of State and ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright:
"Another four years of this, and it really is going to be increasingly difficult to persuade anybody that we are going to be dependable partners." axios.com/madeleine-albr…
💉 There was one major announcement on the sidelines of UNGA:
A global initiative to ensure equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines now involves two-thirds of the world's population — but not the U.S., China or Russia. axios.com/covax-vaccine-…
🇵🇸 The fact that world leaders couldn't gather in person for this year's General Assembly was another setback for Palestinian leaders, who are facing their worst diplomatic crisis in decades, @BarakRavid writes. axios.com/abbas-un-speec…
📊 How the world views the UN
🛑 This is the longest the UN has gone without adding a member and — with Palestine still an "observer state" — that seems unlikely to change soon. axios.com/global-indepen…
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