PRIF📣 Trump’s “Board of Peace” (BoP) represents another escalation – but does it mean the end of multilateral cooperation in the peace and security domain?
đź’ˇSerena Bernstein and Ilai Yaron Levy argue that ad-hoc organizations like the BoP will still depend on established institutions.
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https://blog.prif.org/2026/03/23/instrumentalization-not-termination
Instrumentalization, not Termination – What Trump’s Board of Peace actually Tells us about the Decline of Multilateralism - PRIF BLOG
This article argues that the Board of Peace reveals a persistent pattern: ad hoc organizations like the BoP must the co-opt funding, legitimacy, and organization capacity of other institutions to succeed. Rather than disappearing, multilateral organizations may be instrumentalized, subordinating them to the will of nation states.