Doug Bandow argues the Trump administration’s initial 28-point Ukraine peace plan, while painful for Kyiv, was at least grounded in battlefield reality and offered a path to stop the war. -European leaders,

History repeats itself in Ukraine, but we shouldn’t reenact it blindly. The fitful efforts to find an exit ramp from Russia’s war in Ukraine present a real challenge in statesmanship and diplomacy. We can learn some lessons from history in this area.

Ukrainian negotiators have left Geneva following talks on proposals to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as questions linger over whether a deal could be struck by US President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving deadline.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is rejecting any great-power deal on Ukraine that sidelines Kyiv or Europe, warning that Vladimir Putin has no way to leave the war “successfully.” -Merz argues Russia could end the conflict “within minutes” and insists only Ukraine and Europe can decide on a lasting peace.

2) was “supporting a possible peace between Russia and Ukraine” (by allowing Russia to keep Ukrainian territory seized by force) for which he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2) In February 2022, Trump called Vladimir Putin a “genius” and ...

Franjo Sola remembers November 21, 1995, as the best day of his life, when a U.S.-brokered peace deal ended war in Bosnia and allowed him to leave the army and return to his studies at Sarajevo University.