Whether it’s the $1bn price tag or the US president’s outsized power, key allies are steering clear of the board
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Hey, do you like peace? Oh, cool, you do? Then, how about we establish a group of countries, all committed to that concept, working together to create global harmony? No, not the one that has already existed for 80 years. A new one. Who’s in?
It turns out: not that many world leaders or global citizens.
That’s because the Board of Peace, created last year by a UN security council resolution, and intended to have a singular focus on implementing a Gaza peace plan, is increasingly looking like a Donald Trump fiefdom, which could allow the US president to wade into other countries’ affairs as he sees fit.
