That Ceasefires Prolong Wars Instead of Ending Them Is Bad for Ukraine

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President Trump believes in both military might and ceasefires. But that combination is problematic, because ceasefires rarely resolve wars. They merely freeze them. Most wars end not with diplomatic negotiations, but with crushing victories. One side captures the enemy's capital and, from an unchallenged position of power, dictates its terms. The modern fallacy of the diplomatic "three-stage rocket"—ceasefire, negotiations, peace treaty—denies …