shuttle diplomacy
noun
: negotiations especially between nations carried on by an intermediary who shuttles back and forth between the disputants
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Ukraine and Russia have not negotiated face to face since July, but U.S.-backed shuttle diplomacy to end the almost four-year-old war in Ukraine has intensified in recent weeks.
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Reuters, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2025
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.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
If the shuttle diplomacy of Switzerland’s top trade diplomat laid the groundwork for an agreement, crucial momentum was generated when businessmen led by billionaire figures from Richemont, Partners Group and Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. met Trump at the White House a week ago.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 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
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Reuters, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2025
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.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
If the shuttle diplomacy of Switzerland’s top trade diplomat laid the groundwork for an agreement, crucial momentum was generated when businessmen led by billionaire figures from Richemont, Partners Group and Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. met Trump at the White House a week ago.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 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
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