As US president Donald Trump seeks to extend his stranglehold over the international system, the latest shot from his armoury of power plays is the proposal to create an international Board of Peace. Initially envisaged as a temporary body that would monitor the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, it has now been extended into a multidimensional plan for a new international organisation for peace. While the board declares the intention to preserve peace, and dependable and lawful governance, the similarities to the UN end there. The structure in fact takes the most divisive elements of the UN, especially the dysfunctional veto system, and centralises American power around them. This most recent power play read more like the articles of incorporation for a “Global Trump Inc” rather than the reasoned basis of an international organisation for peace.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2026 07:30 UTC