shuttle diplomacy
noun
: negotiations especially between nations carried on by an intermediary who shuttles back and forth between the disputants
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Amid hints of Ukrainian compromises being forged by US negotiators, the next and bigger challenge in America’s shuttle diplomacy may be getting Russia to accept them.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
And in a sign of possible shuttle diplomacy, Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), a GOP appropriator, had at least two conversations with Schumer about the appropriations process this past week.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2025
Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also said Washington would seek an economic proposal for postwar reconstruction in the country, after months of shuttle diplomacy between the U.S. and Lebanon.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The announcement capped off months of often tense shuttle diplomacy between Brussels and Washington.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 27 July 2025
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
And in a sign of possible shuttle diplomacy, Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), a GOP appropriator, had at least two conversations with Schumer about the appropriations process this past week.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2025
Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also said Washington would seek an economic proposal for postwar reconstruction in the country, after months of shuttle diplomacy between the U.S. and Lebanon.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The announcement capped off months of often tense shuttle diplomacy between Brussels and Washington.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 27 July 2025
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“Shuttle diplomacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shuttle%20diplomacy. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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