Episode 365: UNGA - What is it Good For?
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Today, Morgan, Martha, Les, and Jeffrey discuss the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and High Level Week, where world leaders come together to debate global challenges.  As intractable conflict persists, including Russia’s war on Ukraine to the conflict in the Middle East is the UN equipped to handle today's issues? With despots committing atrocities with impunity, is the UN morally hollow? How can the United States improve the UN to help tackle the larger security issues we face today? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines. Check out the sources that helped shape our expert's discussion! https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-unga-what-will-world-leaders-talk-about-2024-09-11/  https://www.un.org/en/high-level-week-2024  https://apnews.com/article/un-guterres-summit-future-global-challenges-climate-a7aff1ff5176aafa3cc562021bbf5004  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/us/politics/biden-unga-speech.html  https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/netanyahu-address-israel-bogged-war-barrels-114067999  Follow our experts on Twitter:  @lestermunson @marthamillerdc @morganlroach Like what we're doing here?    Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.    And don't forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter! We are also on YouTube, and watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/A7L7JCrqYiU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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