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The annual U.N. General Assembly, UNGA, draws the usual grousing about the usefulness and focus of such a giant gathering. But a quick look behind the curtain finds cooperation.

President Trump was rude to almost every country that attended the U.N. General Assembly this week. Except one. Could his diplomatic silence about China suggest his next diplomatic initiative?

President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that immigration and green hoaxes are the key threats to international聽peace and prosperity.

Unlike in his first, widely disrespected address to the United Nations eight years ago, President Donald Trump will face the globe鈥檚 preeminent multilateral institution as the standard-bearer of a post-multilateral era of big-power competition.

The French-Saudi initiative at the United Nations supporting an independent Palestine, while symbolically important, is not risk-free and is unlikely to lead soon to that long-sought goal. Yet it鈥檚 worth it, supporters say, to keep the discussion alive.

The Trump administration has cut the State Department workforce seeking efficiency, but might also be weakening Washington鈥檚 foreign expertise.

Whether or not sending a U.S. naval force off the coast of Venezuela is mere posturing, it has revived regional anxiety over U.S. militarism. Does the display of power advance U.S. interests, or give China a greater opening to the region?

Accompanying Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a business-like gathering with President Donald Trump, seven European leaders聽showcased a united front that made Europe a party that henceforth can鈥檛 be easily ignored on the Ukraine issue.聽

At least six European and NATO leaders say they will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Aug. 18 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.聽

The meeting between U.S. and Russian leaders could lead to peace. But both Presidents Trump and Putin face big challenges in achieving their objectives.