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To watchers around the globe the America that led the world to increases in stability, prosperity, democracy, and human rights has disappeared in the trashing of international treaties and trade agreements, riots against racial discrimination, police violence, and our inability to deal effectively with the corona virus pandemic In an embarrassing first for the U S , in June, the 54 nations of the African continent called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (from which the U S withdrew in 2018) to investigate \'systemic racism, police brutality, and violence against peaceful protests\' in the U S While the resulting U N resolution ordered a report on systemic racism against people of African descent, thanks to several Western nations, the final resolution omitted specific mention of the U S Another long-time USA watcher in the same publication offers similar observations While U S opposition to the International Criminal Court is not new, an article in another French newspaper, Liberation, puts the latest White House executive order on the ICC into a broader context however, that of \'an American attack on international law and multilateralism Heading South - Global Rankings Raise Concern Previous U S administrations also debated the benefits to the U S of isolation versus global engagement, but these reactions indicate that this time returning to its former leadership role may be more difficult for the United States
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