Punjab, Sept. 29 -- The UN General Assembly's high-level week ended with no breakthrough on Iran or Ukraine. Talks on both inched forward. The more novel thing that happened was that global powers spent the week debating artificial intelligence risk with the industry that builds it.
What was actually on the table
Conflicts and international security, climate change, pandemic preparedness, sea-level rise, and progress on the Sustainable Development Goals - against what the UN itself described as growing divisions between countries and pressure on the multilateral system.
Today, 29 September, is given over to the elimination of nuclear weapons.
The two wars
The US-Iran war now involves nearly every country in the region, and the Strait o...