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Gaza Peace Board: Challenges and prospects

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29.01.2026

 

WHAT will Trump’s Peace Board achieve that the United Nations has failed to deliver? In a world changing by the moment, this question carries exceptional weight. History shows that the world has never remained static. The two World Wars—especially the Second—reshaped global order and gave rise to the UN-centred system dominated by power blocs. The Cold War, a consequence of this division, played out largely on our own soil. Its end produced a unipolar world that endured for nearly three decades. Today, that order is once again fragmenting and we are witnessing the consequences of this transformation in real time. One may argue that since a Third World War has not occurred, the world should not be changing so drastically. Yet global transformations do not wait for formal declarations of war. The process continues regardless of our doubts. Donald Trump’s policies are part of this momentum. The key question is not whether the world is changing, but what Trump intends to achieve within this changing order.

Some argue that Trump acts primarily under the influence of the Zionist lobby, advancing Israeli objectives. Others believe he is determined to preserve American global dominance at all costs. These explanations are not mutually exclusive. However, they overlook a larger reality: the emergence of a new multipolar world. Two forces define this reality—Russia and China. Among........

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