Imagining Peace in Ukraine
A Roadmap for Negotiations
By Raphael Lapin
With all the rage about war and the humanitarian crises in Ukraine, I decided to mitigate my anxiety just a little by trying to imagine what a peace agreement might look like between Ukraine and Russia.
Although to date there have been several attempts at official talks on various levels, the outcomes have been little more than each side tossing declarations of demands at the other in the guise of “proposals”.
If there is to be any advance in peace negotiations, the parties will need to cease to confuse demands with proposals. They must begin to jointly seek creative and innovative options that could potentially meet both sides’ interests without either side appearing to be capitulating, and therein lies the challenge!
Please indulge me as I allow my imagination to run a little wild as I explore possible creative ideas that could potentially unlock the Ukraine-Russian impasse!
