A flurry of diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in three years and a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin,

The first direct talks between Ukraine and Russia should have heralded a new era of diplomacy towards solving Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Instead, their context, brevity and limited outcome provided skeptics with more reasons to doubt Moscow wants peace.

As preparations for potential talks intensify, focus is now on Türkiye’s continued role as a key facilitator of diplomatic dialogue and de-escalation in ongoing conflict - Anadolu Ajansı

“Vladimir, I told you in January that if you didn’t stop the war in Ukraine, I would impose sanctions. You ignored me. You are disrespecting me and my presidency. BIG MISTAKE!!!”

At the urging of U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would go to Turkey for talks with Russia. He challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to show up in Istanbul.

Trump’s critics blame him for Ukraine’s war, but it’s Biden’s blunders—NATO talk, weak deterrence, and failed diplomacy—that made peace nearly impossible.

In the early 19th century, one of the founding fathers of modern war studies, the Prussian general and military historian Carl von Clausewitz, commented on the Napoleonic Wars: "The conqueror is always peace-loving;

CSIS recently rolled out an interactive program called "Strategic Headwinds" designed to help shape negotiations to end the war in Ukraine ... Traditional diplomacy has often prioritized lengthy ...

The conventional wisdom regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is universally accepted by retired generals and ambassadors;

British opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has defended Israel’s continuing war on Gaza, describing it as a “proxy war on behalf of the UK.” In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips on Sunday, Badenoch,