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![<p>People use augmented reality headsets during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. </p>]()
![<p>President Donald Trump sitting next to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump’s Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil, Elliott Abrams, Max Boot and Roxanna Vigil![<p>Activists hold up pictures of abducted Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit and flash a three fingers salute as people gather in support of him during a protest calling for an investigation, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 12, 2020</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Staff members prepare the plenary room ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2025.</p>]()
By Ashley Ray and Alexander Sarchet- Backgrounder
What Is the UN General Assembly?
![<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the eightieth UN General Assembly, September 24, 2025.</p>]()
![<p>Displaced people get off a UNHCR truck in Kanyaruchinya, Democratic Republic of Congo.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy- Backgrounder
The Role of the UN Secretary-General
![<p>UN Secretary-General António Guterres poses for a photo at the UN Headquarters, July 22, 2025.</p>]()
![<p>UN Secretary-General António Guterres launches the UN80 Initiative at the organization’s headquarters in New York City, March 12, 2025.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy- Backgrounder
The UN Security Council
![<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar addresses a special Security Council meeting, August 5, 2025.</p>]()
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Securing Space: A Plan for U.S. Action
![Space junk around Earth, illustration]()
![Timeline: UN Climate Talks]()
By Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong![Photo of Shipping Container]()
By Miles Kahler![<p>An aerial view of the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the largest lithium deposit currently in production, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil![<p>U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2020 Trade Policy Agenda.</p>]()
By Edward Alden![<p>Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gather, ahead of Super Tuesday, in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.</p>]()
By Edward Alden
