Point number four of President Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine screams the quiet part about the new world order at top volume: “a dialogue will be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by the United States, to resolve all security issues.”

The White House apparently does not see America as part of NATO and, presumably, regards the collective defence commitment, Article 5, as discretionary, rather than legally binding.

The realignment of the traditional U.S. hub-and-spoke foreign policy model has left key allies scrambling, and there was no more clear-cut example than the past weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg.

In typically haphazard fashion, the Trump administration released the 28-point plan , absent consultation with the Ukrainians or the so-called “coalition of

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