- January 18, 2026
- 12:27 pm
- World News
“Peace plans” by Donald Trump are increasingly looking less like an element of pre-election rhetoric and more like an attempt to create an alternative to the existing international security system. This refers to the project of the so-called Peace Council — a supranational structure that initially should deal with Gaza, but in the future may receive a much broader mandate.
The draft charter of the Peace Council was reviewed on January 17, 2026, by the agency Bloomberg. The document suggests that the new construction is conceived not just as a temporary tool for one conflict, but as a potential competitor to the UN, which Trump has long and consistently criticized as ineffective and politically biased.
The first alarming signal for diplomats sounded last weekend when the initial composition of the Council was officially announced. It included close associates and relatives of the US president. Almost immediately after this, information appeared in the world media that the new structure’s area of responsibility could include not only issues of Gaza but also the settlement of the war in Ukraine, and in the future — even the situation in Venezuela.
New details revealed by Bloomberg add a strict hierarchy to the picture. According to the draft charter, Donald Trump will become the first chairman of the Peace Council and will have the right to personally decide which states will be invited to join. Formally, each member state has one vote, and decisions are made by majority. But all of them are subject to mandatory approval by the chairman.
A key point of the document concerns membership. The standard term is no more than three years with the possibility of extension by the chairman’s decision. However, this restriction does not apply to states that will contribute more than one billion dollars in cash to the Council within the first year. In fact, it is a financial entry ticket to a permanent seat at the table.
Council meetings should be held at least once a year, as well as “at other times and in other places at the discretion of the chairman.” The agenda of the meetings is also approved by him. The chairman has the right to initiate the exclusion of a member state, although such a decision can be blocked by two-thirds of the participants. A separate point secures the chairman’s right to appoint a successor at any time.
This model — a supranational body with formally collegial but essentially authoritarian management mechanisms — looks like a new word in the discussion about “reforming world security.” Especially against the backdrop of a crisis of trust in classical institutions and the growing fragmentation of global politics.
The financial logic of the project emphasizes this even more. In essence, the Peace Council offers a combination of money, political weight, and access to decision-making. A billion dollars turns into a tool not of humanitarian aid, but of securing status and influence. For some countries, this may look like a pragmatic alternative to protracted and often fruitless negotiations within the UN.
Earlier, Trump had already stated that within the framework of the second phase of the peace plan for Gaza, a Peace Council was formed, and an executive council was created to “implement his vision.” It included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. This composition only reinforced the feeling that the new structure is being built around the White House, rather than around the principle of multilateralism.
The most interesting will begin if this construction really starts working. Then the world will face not just a reform of old institutions, but an attempt to replace them with a parallel decision-making center, where money and personal loyalty may weigh more than procedures and international law. It is precisely such shifts that analysts, diplomats, and editorial offices, including NAnews — News of Israel | Nikk.Agency, are closely watching today.
