New Year‘s Day inspires hope with the promise of a fresh start. In that spirit, we have identified five goals that we hope will be achieved in 2025. They can all be plausibly accomplished, and by setting them out as priorities now, we can help make them all a reality.

1. An end to the war in Ukraine

This is, assuredly, not a Day One item, but President-elect Donald Trump could swiftly end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He certainly cannot bring the conflict to a conclusion less effectively than President Joe Biden has. More than 80,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed, as have more than 200,000 Russian soldiers. Including those injured, there have been more than a million casualties among combatants alone. The civilian death toll could be higher.