The coronavirus pandemic should have been a moment for global action. Instead, the U.N. is riven with dissension and self-doubt, and countries are going their own way
that calls on the international community to devote some 10 percent of global GDP — an amount in the trillions — to helping the planet recover from the pandemic.
Years of growing discord among some of the world body’s most powerful actors have badly undercut the vision of the United Nations as a forum for peaceful resolution of political disputes. That three of those members — the United States, China and Russia — are permanent, veto-wielding members of the Security Council only adds to the torpor. China and the U.S. have in recent months traded accusations over who is to blame for the coronavirus’ origin and spread.
But perhaps nothing has shaken up the United Nations so much as the election of Trump as America’s president. Trump came to power with an “America First” foreign policy vision and a strong disdain for multilateral organizations. His aides at times literally cut words like “cooperation” from speeches Trump gave to world leaders, according to a former National Security Council staffer involved in the process.
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