Donald Trump has invited Australia to join his new “Board of Peace” – a Trump-led body he says will help bring peace to Gaza.

But the invitation comes with a warning. Some leaders say the board could undermine the United Nations – and Trump himself has suggested it might even replace it.

Trump has spent years attacking the United Nations as ineffective – and this term, his administration has moved to pull the US out of dozens of UN agencies.

So is this a peace plan, or a power play?

Today, UN analyst at the International Crisis Group, Maya Ungar, on the real agenda behind Trump’s Board of Peace and whether Australia should join.

 

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Guest: UN analyst at the International Crisis Group, Maya Ungar

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Donald Trump has invited Australia to join his new &ldquo;Board of Peace&rdquo; &ndash; a Trump-led body he says will help bring peace to Gaza.
But the invitation comes with a warning. Some leaders say the board could undermine the United Nations &ndash; and Trump himself has suggested it might even replace it.
Trump has spent years attacking the United Nations as ineffective &ndash; and this term, his administration has moved to pull the US out of dozens of UN agencies.
So is this a peace plan, or a power play?
Today, UN analyst at the International Crisis Group, Maya Ungar, on the real agenda behind Trump&rsquo;s Board of Peace and whether Australia should join.
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Guest: UN analyst at the International Crisis Group, Maya Ungar
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Is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ a power grab? 

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