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From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill

  • Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
imageBritish and German troops observe a temporary truce on Christmas Day 1914.Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

President Donald Trump is reportedlysetting his sights on a Christmas peace deal in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The timing is apt. Every December, political leaders reach instinctively for the language of goodwill. Meanwhile, diplomats the...

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