A new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed that UN peacekeeping operations have fallen to their lowest resource and deployment level in a quarter-century, driven by delayed and reduced mandatory contributions from major donor nations, with the United States at the center of the trend. The findings, released ahead of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers observed Friday, paint a stark picture of eroding support for multilateral conflict management amid growing geopolitical polarization.