Maria Popova – Unbelievable Adventures of Americans in Shuttle Diplomacy
In a new article published in Policy Magazine, Maria Popova, Co-Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Montreal and Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, examines the shuttle diplomacy conducted by American envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff between Moscow and Kyiv. She highlights the absence of genuine concessions from Russia and explains how the Kremlin seeks to project an image of strength to influence negotiations and weaken Western support for Ukraine. She also underscores the limits of the Trump administration’s leverage over Kyiv and the persistent obstacles to achieving lasting peace.
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