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Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back

  • Written by Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it backAn elderly Ukrainian walks through the rubble following a Russian aerial bomb strike in Donetsk Oblast.Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got straight to the point: land. “Some of that land has been taken. Some...

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