Commentary

While we have been here before, the financial and political standing of the world organization and multilateral cooperation have reached a new nadir in Washington.

Budget cuts, global crises, and a disengaged US, Deep Dish explores the UN at a pivotal moment and whether it can still deliver.

From peace and security to climate and technology, Council experts weigh in on whether the United Nations can still deliver on its founding mission.

"The two leaders managed to really marginalize the differences between them and focus on the relationship," Leslie Vinjamuri says.

"Around the world, autocrats have recognized the power of comedians to puncture preferred narratives, undermine authority and stoke dissent," Suzanne Nossel writes.

"Business and economics will be front and center," Julián Ventura says, noting the upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

"Mass citizen protests have driven the region’s most dramatic political changes in recent years," Paul Staniland writes.

"Donald Trump, at some level, approaches this visit from a position of great strength," Leslie Vinjamuri tells BBC News. "For the prime minister, it's a very different story."

Karl Friedhoff weighs in on the challenges shaping South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's early leadership.

"We do see a high degree of confidence in China, in the Chinese public, in their country, and the direction that the government is taking their country," Dina Smeltz explains, citing new Council-Carter Center data.