Some, like those affiliated with the United Nations, often have proven to be ineffective but others, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, are showing encouraging resilience. So Dr. Mark Meirowitz told participants in the Jewish Policy Center’s May 19 webinar, “State of the World, 2022.” “Covid was a world crisis,” said Meirowitz, a humanities professor at the State University of New York’s Maritime College. “The problem was, the world didn’t rise to the challenge.”A key reason, Meirowitz stressed, was China’s cooption of the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) and its leadership. This after the United States promoted Beijing’s inclusion in the United Nations and related bodies, he said. Meanwhile, because America under the Biden administration had curtailed domestic natural gas and oil production, “the United States wasn’t ready” to meet European shortages.

Source: Fox News May 19, 2022 18:02 UTC