WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is considering establishing the new Board of Peace in a notable Washington building, previously the home of the U.S. Institute of Peace. This board has been linked to the Gaza ceasefire and broader international goals, according to four officials within the administration.

Speaking under the condition of anonymity on Thursday, the officials revealed that discussions about the board’s location have been intense. However, they emphasized that no definitive decision has been reached regarding where the administrative staff will be stationed.

This building is embroiled in legal battles involving former employees and executives of the nonprofit think tank. The controversy arose after the Republican administration took control of the facility last year, leading to the dismissal of nearly all its staff. It was subsequently renamed the Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace, though its official name and status are still under legal dispute.

A federal judge previously ruled that the U.S. Institute of Peace, being an independent entity created by Congress, should not fall under the executive branch’s authority, declaring the takeover unlawful. However, this ruling’s enforcement was paused following the government’s appeal.

George Foote, representing former USIP leadership and staff, stated, “A stay does not grant the losing party in a case the right to commandeer the property of the winner. The government is not authorized to rename the USIP headquarters or lease it out for a decade.”

“It certainly has no right to open the building to a new international organization like the proposed Board of Peace,” Foote said in a statement.

Rumors that Trump planned to use the building for the Board of Peace began to circulate after the administration used the board’s logo over an image of the USIP building and its distinctive domed roof.

That was shown when Trump unveiled the Board of Peace last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The board currently has 27 “founding members” made up of world leaders whose initial task is to oversee Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan.

But Trump appears to have greater ambitions for the board, and its charter says it will look to take on and resolve other global conflicts. Many of America’s top allies in Europe and elsewhere have declined to join what they suspect may be an attempt to rival the U.N. Security Council.