At the United Nations General Assembly, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham named Russia's billion-pound disinformation machine as a direct assault on democratic life, and called on the world to govern artificial intelligence before it amplifies that threat beyond recovery. Announcing a National Centre for Information Defence and pledging to anchor AI safety at the heart of Britain's G20 presidency, Burnham cast the UK as a steady hand between fractured powers. Yet the architecture of any meaningful global order depends on the United States and China, and both have declined the invitation — leaving