5 questions India should ask before deciding on Trump’s Board of Peace
Peace initiatives usually arrive gift-wrapped in lofty language. Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) for Gaza has arrived with a bill – a $1bn price tag for permanence, surprising global leaders and seasoned diplomats. A far distance from UN Security Council Resolution 2803 of Nov 2025, where members had authorised a BoP to oversee Gaza’s postwar transition.
The resolution had imposed clear limits – end date of Dec 31, 2027, unless renewed, and requested six-monthly reporting to UNSC. These restrictions were meant to ensure that an emergency tool did not become a self-sustaining global prototype. But what Trump announced is a permanent fixture, the BoP charter emerging as the core issue. It describes BoP as an “international organisation” seeking to promote stability, restore lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict. It reads less like a Gaza mandate, more like a roving instrument: portable across theatres, unbounded in time, and heavily dependent on its chair, Trump.
