Bracing for Impact: Trump’s Attack on Multilateralism Just Got Real

Bracing for Impact: Trump’s Attack on Multilateralism Just Got Real
Oxfam activists wearing masks of the leaders of the G7 summit, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017 (AP photo by Paolo Santalucia).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the tensions between Qatar and its Persian Gulf neighbors, and the implications for the U.S. and the region. For the Report, Richard Gowan talks with Peter Dörrie about the damage Donald Trump’s assault on multilateralism is doing to the international system.

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