Kuala Lampur, Feb. 19 -- FEBRUARY, 19 - President Donald Trump, now serving his second term in the White House, has once again demonstrated his instinct for bold diplomatic performance.

The launch and formal meeting of his "Board of Peace" in Washington is emblematic of his style: large in ambition, disruptive in design, and unapologetically American in leadership.

But is this Board of Peace truly a grand strategic chessboard capable of reordering global diplomacy? Or is it merely a parallel forum that risks duplicating institutions that already exist?

According to reporting by Al Jazeera, the Board of Peace is envisioned by President Trump as a potentially transformative international body. He chairs it personally.

It was initially d...