Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Ted Snider
“It is said that Henry Kissinger asserted that little can be won at the negotiating table that isn’t earned on the battlefield. In several wars in recent weeks, U.S. officials have echoed that approach. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller recently said that the U.S. ‘supports[s] a ceasefire’ in Lebanon while simultaneously recognizing that ‘military pressure can at times enable diplomacy.’ Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed the doctrine as doing ‘all that we can to strengthen Ukraine’s position on the battlefield so it has the strongest possible position at the negotiating table.’ But during the Biden administration, the iteration of Kissinger’s doctrine has gone well beyond the generals supporting the diplomats. The diplomats are now outpacing and pushing the generals.” (10/09/24)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/blinken-diplomacy-ukraine/