Trump’s Board of Peace launches into a warring world

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation

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Fears that Donald Trump’s newly minted “Board of Peace” might supplant the United Nations appear to have been premature. The US president has touted his brainchild as “an international organization” that aims to “secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict”.…

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