Who knew the start of 2026 would be so busy? The United States fashioned the post-World War 2 international order, and now it can't destroy it fast enough. Military plans for the US to invade European territory are now a reality. It's hard to see NATO surviving that.

Has all this spelt the final death knell for another post-World War 2 institution, the United Nations? The US administration can't be clearer. It doesn't care about the body, it said it out loud yesterday. If so, why does this body still exist & why is it headquartered in the United States?

Who knows what the world will look like when all the dominoes finally fall, but one thing is clear. If the old world order institutions have gone, the world will eventually need new ones. Perhaps a brand new replacement for the UN will be a good idea. Its Security Council with its veto, stuck in a 1945 vision of the world where Britain & France still had a pretence to play world powers, looks anachronistic & ridiculous in 2026.

Rubio Dismisses U.N. Authority: “I Don’t Care What They Say”