For several days, world leaders have walked to the same podium in New York and spoken about war, security, artificial intelligence, climate, international law and the future. But listen carefully and something much bigger emerges.
They are describing two very different visions of how the world should be governed.
One places national sovereignty at the center. Nations cooperate when it serves their interests but ultimately retain control over their laws, borders, technology, military and foreign policy. The other places growing emphasis on multilateralism: stronger international institutions, global standards, international law and coordinated action when individual governments refuse to follow an emerging international consensus.
And remarkably, Israel is becoming one of the clearest fault lines separating those two visions.
America: We Will Decide For Ourselves
President Donald Trump's message to the United Nations was unmistakable. America will cooperate, negotiate and maintain alliances, but it will not surrender its sovereignty to international institutions.
Trump denounced attempts by unelected "globalist bureaucrats" to dictate policy to sovereign nations. His administration has opposed the International Criminal Court and resisted efforts to place American technology under international oversight. (Read More)
