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From left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leave a meeting on Dec. 8, 2025, at 10 Downing Street in London. AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Getting peace right: Why justice needs to be baked into ceasefire agreements – including Ukraine’s

Just war theory, a centuries-old field of ethics, deals with how and when to start conflicts. It can also guide decisions about how and when to end them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during a joint news conference with the Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in Dublin, Ireland, on Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace deal would leave the country vulnerable to future Russian attacks

The Ukraine peace plan negotiated between the U.S. and Russia is a non-starter for Ukraine, and also puts the country in the unenviable position of saying no to a mercurial American president.
A Ukrainian soldier walks through Kostyantynivka, a city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine that has been badly damaged by the war. Press Service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / EPA

Ukraine peace talks reveal a world slipping back into an acceptance of war

Whichever outcome emerges from the Ukraine peace negotiations, it appears no position rooted in the defence of international law will prevail.
The ‘Vietnam War’ to some, the ‘American War’ to others. But why not the American-Vietnamese war? History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

When it comes to wars − from the Middle East to Ukraine − what we call them matters

Convention suggests wars are named after the participants or the place it which fighting takes place. But who chooses − and why?
Donald Trump welcomes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15. Sergey Bobylev / Kremlin Pool / EPA

How Russia emerged as the clear winner from the Alaska summit

Alaska summit delivered Putin a victory through a combination of poor US planning and skilful Russian statecraft.

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