The Greenland Showdown and Board of Peace at Davos

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Richard Gowan, Olga Oliker and Steve Pomper about U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace and whether the transatlantic crisis over Greenland is over. In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts, Richard Gowan, Olga Oliker and Steve Pomper and Richard Gowan to discuss the transatlantic strains over President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland and his push to expand the mandate of his Board of Peace. He first speaks with Richard to discuss the Board of Peace–originally approved by the UN to oversee Gaza’s administration and reconstruction, but now accompanied by a charter suggesting a wider global mandate and a potential challenge to the UN system. They discuss how the board is viewed at the UN and beyond, who is signing up, what it could deliver in Gaza and whether it may accelerate the erosion of traditional multilateral institutions. Richard then speaks with Olga and Steve about what a rupture in the transatlantic alliance would mean for Ukraine and European security more broadly, and how European leaders can manage their volatile relationship with Washington. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . For more, check out our Q&A “ Waiting at Davos: U.S. Allies Wrestle with Trump’s Threats to Greenland ”, our Analyst’s Notebook “ Trump Proposes a Bypass to the UN Security Council ”, and our “ Multilateral Diplomacy ” page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Greenland Showdown and Board of Peace at Davos is an episode from Hold Your Fire! by International Crisis Group.

This episode is 48:21 long.

This episode was published on Jan 24, 2026.

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