Bored of Peace? Half of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is at war

Donald Trump’s grandly titled Board of Peace was supposed to be a Trumpian alternative to the United Nations, promising order, stability, and the end of endless wars. Instead, it resembles a Yes Minister casting call where the least qualified are handed the grandest titles. Nearly half its members are now entangled in active military escalation, from US-Israel strikes on Iran to Pakistan’s growing confrontation with the Taliban. The result is an institution dedicated to peace whose members are too busy exchanging missiles to practise it. Like many international bodies before it, the Board of Peace demonstrates that peace, as ever, remains largely aspirational branding.