Trump’s Board of Peace is dividing countries in Europe America’s traditional allies have hesitated or outright declined their invitations while a raft of new friends are joining up. Europe is largely opting to stay on the sidelines as Donald Trump convenes his new intergovernmental organisation, the Board of Peace, in Washington for the first time this week. The inaugural session is expected to focus heavily on Gaza’s post-war governance and reconstruction. The initiative was first floated in September as Washington’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza, but it has since been recast as a broader platform for international conflict resolution. …

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