As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), the leading nonpartisan global peacebuilding network of 200+ members operating in 181 countries working to end violent conflict and build sustainable peace, urges the U.S. and international community to provide sustained support for the Ukrainian people—especially through conflict and atrocity prevention efforts—to address the conflict’s existential threats to global peace, security, and democracy. The war continues to bring immense suffering and humanitarian need, destruction, and devastating atrocities. The landscape of international conflict has changed greatly since the Russian invasion of 2022, with new crises in Sudan, Israel-Palestine, and other contexts requiring the attention of donors and policymakers. Yet, this multitude of crises does not erase the severity of the situation in Ukraine, nor should it undermine concerted efforts to build peace and preserve democracy in Ukraine, which fundamentally connect to peace and democracy in the world writ large.
