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Matthew Rojansky in Foreign Policy: Negotiation is Not Normalization

Sep 18, 2026

Writing in Foreign Policy, Davidson Institute faculty affiliate Matthew Rojansky argues that the U.S. should rebuild its capacity for sustaining official channels with Russia beyond the war in Ukraine and “train for negotiations before it needs them.” “Diplomacy is never a reward for good behavior, and negotiation is not normalization,” writes Rojansky. “It is an instrument of national power.”

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