#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?

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🗓️ 18 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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As world attention descends on the United Nations General Assembly, Intelligence Squared U.S. casts a critical lens on this nearly 76-year-old global organization. In light of recent controversies in places like Haiti, and its recent absence in places such as Afghanistan -- where the Taliban has regained control -- questions are mounting as to whether the United Nations itself is both ineffective and outdated. In light of these emerging questions, we ask an especially timely question: Is the United Nations is Obsolete? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	Without question, there are global problems that require collective action.
0:35.6	And you need an organization to evoke collective action.
0:39.3	But the UN hasn't done that.
0:41.2	I certainly see that the United Nations is not absolute.
0:44.5	I see that its promise is very much relevant.
0:47.2	When you look at the vetoes, when you look at the voting behavior
0:50.8	of China and the Security Council, it's actually changed.
0:53.3	China hasn't changed. If anything, the Chinese Communist Party has become more aggressive and more dangerous.
0:58.9	China is a massive threat.
1:00.7	And China seeks to use the United Nations as a vehicle, of course, for advancing its own power on the international state.
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