Global body is at a crossroads, and observers say a ‘leaderless’ era could emerge during second Trump administration
Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, said there was a collective will to “choose the right path at the crossroads”.
But 23 years after Kofi Annan spoke of the UN’s “fork in the road”, when he was secretary general, the organisation remains adrift.
As the UN’s main architect, biggest single financial contributor and host nation, the United States has increasingly turned its back on the multilateral system it helped build.
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