Diplomacy without de-escalation: The Manila Talks and Ukraine's...
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Diplomacy without de-escalation: The Manila Talks and Ukraine's...
On July 23, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Manila on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. The meeting lasted thirty-seven minutes, making it the fourth bilateral encounter between the two since September 2025. The United States initiated the contact, and both sides acknowledged the need to end the war in Ukraine. On paper, this was a diplomatic gesture. In practice, it exposed a growing …
Diplomacy Without De-Escalation: The Manila Talks and Ukraine’s Escalation Strategy
While Washington and Moscow were attempting to preserve diplomatic channels in Manila, Ukraine expanded strikes against infrastructure with high political and economic visibility inside Russia The central question is whether this approach will actually improve Ukraine’s negotiating position, or whether it will make a political settlement increasingly difficult to achieve. Adrian Korczyński, July 29, 2026, https://journal-neo.su/2026/07/29/diplom…
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