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International policy is the set of goals, strategies, and actions that a state or non-state actor pursues in its interactions with other states and non-state actors on the world stage. It encompasses a broad range of activities, from diplomatic relations and trade agreements to military alliances and foreign aid.
Diplomacy is the formal activity of managing and resolving disputes between nations through treaties, official statements, and meetings. Though war is often seen as the result of diplomatic failure, the skills of great diplomats have a powerful deescalating effect.
As he delivers his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump is grappling with a world roiled by intractable conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, fears of an emerging artificial intelligence era and anxiety over Trump’s antipathy for the world body. It is a weave of jarring juxtapositions that could make this year’s U.N. meeting one of the most volatile in its history.