The Temptation of a World Without an Arbiter

It was to be expected. Donald Trump was not going to settle for merely shaking up the rules; he now intends to replace them. With his proposed Board of Peace, presented as a tool for international stabilization but designed outside – and perhaps even against – the United Nations Security Council, the American president marks a new offensive against the multilateral order established in 1945. More than just a diplomatic initiative, it is a politically charged gesture.