The world is quiet quitting the United Nations

(JNS) — International leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for an annual forum intended to focus on economic development. Yet several wars are raging throughout the world right now, including in Europe itself. Earlier this month, the United States carried out a military operation to depose of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Máduro. This was coupled with American musings over a similar action in Cuba and debate over the status of Greenland.

All this meant that the forum was never expected to live up to its original purpose. Rather, geopolitics was the chief topic of discussion.

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