A Perpetrator’s Peace
Sport
From Gaza to Nagorno-Karabakh, U.S. President Donald Trump claims to have resolved some of the world’s most intractable conflicts in a matter of months with his made-for-TV peace plans. Many seasoned observers have warned that these agreements are less than they seem. They are incomplete and deeply asymmetric, with implementation largely reliant on the magnanimity of the victors. But that only begins to capture what is so dangerous about them. In prioritizing spectacle over substance in his ill-
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