A ceasefire is only viable if Ukraine is in a strong position, bolstered by security guarantees.

“We need to be in a strong position and not talk, but end the war. Yes, it is possible through dialogue. We're not opposed to it. You just need to be in a strong position to make the other person want it.”

A successful peace process requires building proper international support rather than simply dictating terms.

“I think you would try to build proper international support for the sorts of things that are in this plan. What you can't do is just say this is what we think should happen and therefore it will happen.”

Tony Blair's involvement in this plan is an inexplicable decision that contrasts with the lessons he should have learned from his previous work in Northern Ireland and Iraq.

“I think it goes against what he learned in Northern Ireland. Goes against what he would have learned painfully in Iraq.”

The feasibility of a future Palestinian state is functionally dead, and an alternative halfway house model of limited local governance overseen by external actors is the only realistic way forward.

“I will tell you that at this point, I feel like a Palestinian state is functionally dead. And and I think that's a great misfortune.”