About this episode
The United Nations is a guardian of international law, its leader assured member states this week. But President Trump questioned the point of the UN. Marc Weller and Christopher Phillips join Bronwen Maddox to assess challenges to the global order in a world of strongmen and multipolarity. Read our latest: Event | Is this a new age of nuclear proliferation? Comment | Does the US want to weaken the UN or make it 'great again'? Comment | A new international order is forming. Will China make it 'green'? Comment | Recognition of Palestine can be more than symbolic if Europe and Gulf states remain aligned Presented by Bronwen Maddox. Produced by Stephen Farrell and John Pollock. Read the Autumn issue of The World Today Listen to The Climate Briefing podcast ? Listen to Africa Aware podcast ? Subscribe to Independent Thinking wherever you find your podcasts - please listen, review, and subscribe.
