{"id":6234,"date":"2025-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/CouncilOfCouncil\/global-memo\/the-united-nations-at-eighty-reform-for-a-new-geopolitical-era\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:54:22","slug":"the-united-nations-at-eighty-reform-for-a-new-geopolitical-era","status":"publish","type":"global-memo","link":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/global-memo\/the-united-nations-at-eighty-reform-for-a-new-geopolitical-era\/","title":{"rendered":"The United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a New Geopolitical Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September, the United Nations will convene its eightieth General Assembly in New York. While hot topics such as artificial intelligence and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip are sure to dominate the conversation, the upcoming selection of a new UN secretary-general will also be top of mind. The organization celebrates its eightieth year as the world enters a new era of great power competition and increasing conflict. It is worth asking if the United Nations, in its current form, is up to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen Council of Councils members discuss the reform, restructuring, and leadership the institution needs in order to navigate this new era and remain the principal forum for resolving issues of global governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6290,"template":"","memos-category":[3],"class_list":["post-6234","global-memo","type-global-memo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","memos-category-global-perspectives"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-memo\/6234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-memo"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global-memo"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"memos-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/councilofcouncils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/memos-category?post=6234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}