Ukraine/Russia

How the West could impose an Armistice. It’s noted: “The Korean Armistice, which concluded despite opposition from Secretary of State Dulles, South Korean President Syngman Rhee, and also within Eisenhower’s party.” Ten lessons from history and how it was negotiated.

Did the West betray Ukraine? The story of 1994, Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, and the diplomatic doublethink of security “assurances” from the Budapest Memorandum.

Did Ukraine “own” its nuclear weapons? In the early 1990s, Ukraine had the world’s third largest nuclear stockpile. But its nuclear inheritance is contested. Can you “own” something you can’t use? Professor Stephen Kotkin weighs in.

FRUKUS: A security guarantee that could stabilise Europe, and create a powerful incentive for Europe (finally) to fix its defense.

The Postol Proposition: An MIT physics professor’s little-known finding that could help a new US Administration refresh relations with Russia.

Diplomacy in March/April 2022. A chronology of the Istanbul talks, as well as former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s attempts at mediating directly between Presidents Zelensky and Putin.

What did Bill Burns (Biden’s CIA Director) say about NATO expansion in his 2019 book?

The Department of Diplomatic Enforcement (DODE): How the UK could position itself as “ballast” between President Trump and Europe.

Could Naftali Bennett return as mediator and run the Ukraine-Russia-US negotiations?