On Ceasefire Monitoring, Criminal Accountability, and the Choice to Enter a War If Ukraine and Russia agree to a renewed ceasefire, an international military presence may be possible, but it would not follow automatically. The parties would first need to…
On the Security Council, Ceasefire Terms, and the Distance Between Appeal and Agreement The international community has repeatedly called for an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine and for a peace consistent with the UN Charter. Yet a call for…
What Minsk and Dayton reveal about monitoring, military guarantees, and the distance between stopping a war and securing peace A ceasefire can be watched without being kept. Monitors may record where fighting resumes, identify patterns of violation, and make denial…
