The most successful peace processes are often those that allow the stronger party to continue the war under diplomatic cover. Bombs fall. Ports close. Civilians die. Then diplomats appear before po…
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The most successful peace processes are often those that allow the stronger party to continue the war under diplomatic cover.
Bombs fall. Ports close. Civilians die. Then diplomats appear before polished lecterns to announce that dialogue remains “constructive.” Constructive for whom is never explained.
Diplomacy is sometimes less the art of ending war than the art of transferring responsibility for it. Many agreements born in…
Wars do not always continue through explosions. Sometimes the more dangerous phase begins when the noise falls, markets steady…
When a war begins to give way to diplomacy, the battle rarely ends at the negotiating table. It continues in headlines, guest…
Lasting peace depends upon resolving the disputes that produced them in the first place.
Ceasefires in the Middle East seem especially susceptible to revision, alteration and contradiction. Missiles still get fired;…
Norway and Qatar have made mediation not an instrument of goodwill but a core instrument of security policy.
