All Things UNGA | With Richard Gowan and Anjali Dayal

What's the vibe around the UN this week?

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It’s an annual UNGA tradition!

For the umpteenth year in a row, Richard Gowan, Anjali Dayal, and I sit down for a wide-ranging chat about all things UNGA. Richard Gowan, of course, is the oft-quoted UN expert who serves as the UN Director of the International Crisis Group. And you probably know Fordham University International Relations Professor Anjali Dayal best as the co-host of our sister podcast, To Save Us From Hell.

The three of us caught up a few hours after Biden’s farewell UNGA address and spent a good portion of our conversation dissecting his speech and reflecting on how the United Nations has changed during Biden's tenure as U.S. President. We also discussed Antonio Guterres’ speech and his coinage of a catchy new phrase to describe geopolitics today: “purgatory of polarity.” We kick off, however, by discussing the drama that unfolded at the Summit of the Future, where Russian malfeasance threatened to torpedo years of negotiations—all at the last minute. …