The Board of Peace without consent and Pax Judaica

If there is one word global elites have repeatedly used, and abused, in recent years, it is “peace.” In January 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, US President Donald Trump convened a select coalition of political leaders, financiers, and billionaires under the banner of what was branded as a “Board of Peace.”
While some interpreted this moment as an alternative to a weakened United Nations, it is more accurately understood as an attempt to transition global order from Pax Americana to what can be described as Pax Judaica. Historically, the term Pax, Latin for peace, has never meant the absence of violence. It has referred to periods in which a dominant power imposed order across regions through overwhelming military, economic, and ideological force. Pax Romana (roughly 27 BCE–180 CE) lasted about two centuries. Pax Islamica, under successive caliphates, spanned several centuries with shifting centres of power, starting in 7th century AD and ending formally in the early 20th century. Pax Britannica dominated the 19th century until its erosion after World War II, formally ending with the Suez Crisis in 1956. Pax Americana, emerging in 1945, has now lasted around 80 years, longer than many expected, but increasingly unstable.
Each of these “peaceful” orders was sustained by alliances among rulers, armies, financiers, merchants and religious or moral authorities. Each also carried deep contradictions and dark chapters. What distinguishes the attempted Pax Judaica is not merely its ambitions but its point of departure.
This project has unfolded amid one of the most visible and contested atrocities of the digital age. Since October 2023, the genocide in the UN-designated Palestinian Occupied Territories has been documented in real time and streamed globally. Regardless of political alignment, the scale of destruction and civilian suffering has shattered the credibility of any order claiming moral authority while normalising collective punishment. No previous Pax was launched under such universal exposure and contestation.
Politically, this emerging order relies on a narrow coalition of US and EU policymakers, regional financiers, and technology billionaires, with Jerusalem positioned as a symbolic and operational centre. The “Board of Peace” narrative seeks to impose order across five dimensions.
Militarily, deterrence is asserted through overwhelming force and exemplary punishment, sending signals not only to states but to societies.
Economically, there are early attempts to reshape financial infrastructure, including experiments with digital currencies, such as the Digital Shekel, and payment systems tied to the Israeli regime and allied technology ecosystems.
Technologically, the Israeli regime has become a global hub for surveillance, cybersecurity, and AI. Major technology firms have invested heavily: Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus alone committed almost one billion Omani Riyals to cloud infrastructure; Intel has invested tens of billions in Israeli regime’s manufacturing over decades; Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and Palantir all maintain significant R&D or operational footprints. These investments are not symbolic, they integrate military, civilian, and data ecosystems.
Logistically, the Israeli regime and its partners have sought influence over critical trade corridors and infrastructure across the Eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, and parts of Africa, intersecting with energy, minerals and shipping routes.
Culturally, this order advances a narrative where resistance is delegitimised and compliance is reframed as pragmatism—particularly in the Global South and the Arab and Muslim worlds, often through education, media, and aid conditionalities.
Yet this project is far from coherent or universally accepted. Major European powers increasingly resist a model that reduces them to secondary consumers and buffer zones in great-power competition. Meanwhile, China, India, Brazil, and Russia are actively working to insulate themselves from sanctions regimes and tariff weaponisation, tools that have inflicted long-term suffering on civilian populations, notably in Iran, without delivering stability.
Even within the US, the erratic and personalised manner in which this order is being advanced is generating constitutional strain, economic uncertainty, and global unpredictability. A hegemonic order imposed like a bull in a china shop rarely endures. If we apply the KNIFE framework, the conclusion becomes clearer. Knowledge: The narrative of peace collapses when confronted with historical patterns and present data. Narrative: A peace imposed through fear cannot sustain legitimacy. Impact: Civilian suffering, economic fragmentation, and institutional erosion outweigh any short-term gains. Framework: Durable order requires inclusion, predictability, and shared rules, not ad-hoc coalitions. Elevation: True peace elevates humanity; it does not demand submission.
Those genuinely committed to peace must organise, speak clearly, and resist any order that deepens chaos while borrowing the language of stability. History is unforgiving to empires that mistake dominance for consent.