On February 19, the Board of Peace will host its inaugural meeting in Washington, DC. President Trump said it will be “the greatest and most prestigious… ever assembled.”
Yet, due to its excessive ambitions and questionable legitimacy, the Board of Peace could entangle the U.S. in intractable crises and erode Washington’s influence.
Although the Board was initially conceived to address the Gaza crisis, its newly released Charter criticizes “institutions that have too often failed” and “seeks to promote stability, restore lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.”
Thus, as President Trump suggested, the Board of Peace targets the U.N., which Washington regards as a bloated bureaucracy rife with ideological bias.
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