Inaugural Board of Peace Meeting: Opportunities, but No Shortage of Challenges
Bottom Line Up Front * U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace yesterday in Washington, D.C., attended by more than two dozen world leaders. * During the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, President Trump framed the war in Gaza as “effectively over,” despite ongoing ceasefire violations. * From a geopolitical perspective, it is impossible to disaggregate the situation in Gaza from what is happening in the West Bank, as rampant instability in one theater inevitably spills over to the other. * The Board of Peace has the potential to evolve into a successful coordination platform if it manages the myriad issues, but, absent that, it risks becoming diplomatic noise in an already overburdened geopolitical landscape. Yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace (https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2026-february-11/) — the U.S.-led coalition designed to oversee redevelopment in Gaza — in Washington, D.C., attended by more than two dozen world leaders. The meeting was intended to mobilize reconstruction for Gaza, consolidate a post-war stabilization architecture, and align international partners behind a defined security and governance framework. Instead, the session revealed the complexities that will determine whether the initiative matures into a durable geopolitical mechanism or remains a politically symbolic forum operating against adverse conditions on the ground. war in Gaza (https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-december-16/) as “effectively over,” despite ongoing ceasefire violations. During his speech, Trump also emphasized reconstruction and disarmament as the twin pillars of the next phase, linking international financial pledges directly to the dismantling...
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