Journal Article — 19 September 2025

“Turning Trump’s Peace Overtures into Sustainable Deals,” by Peter J. Quaranto and George A. Lopez, Just Security, (19 September 2025)

“President Donald Trump’s willingness to personally intervene and offer U.S. mediation to de-escalate so many interstate conflicts at once is significant in the modern presidency. His engagement has contributed to some early – albeit tentative – breakthroughs toward peace in conflicts between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Cambodia and Thailand, India and Pakistan, and Armenia and Azerbaijan. But turning these peace overtures into more sustainable deals will require considered approaches that take advantage of the significant body of peace research and practice that now exists.”