Trump’s Board of Peace and Indonesia: Shaping the Agenda or Being Dragged Along?

With the Gaza conflict showing no clear path to resolution, the United States has launched the Board of Peace (BoP) as a new platform for post-war stabilization and reconstruction, raising questions over legitimacy and its relationship with existing multilateral frameworks. Indonesia has chosen to join, seeking to advance humanitarian priorities, shape reconstruction planning, and strengthen its role as a Global South bridge-builder through a smaller, potentially more operational forum. While participation could enhance Indonesia’s agenda-setting influence and diplomatic reach, it also entails risks related to sponsor-driven governance, mandate expansion, reputational costs, and perceptions of fragmenting multilateralism. Indonesia is therefore likely to adopt a “join-to-shape” strategy, remaining engaged to steer the BoP toward a limited, humanitarian-focused mandate while underscoring its complementary role to the United Nations and safeguarding Indonesia’s non-aligned position.

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