‘‘The meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine was very interesting, and cordial, but I told him, as I likewise strongly suggested to President Putin, that it is time to stop the killing, and make a deal! Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts … Let both claim Victory, let History decide! … Thousands of people being slaughtered each and every week – no more, go home to your families in peace.’’[1]

Certainly, US President Donald Trump’s call for an end to the war in Ukraine is commendable, but is finding a solution to drawn-out conflicts just a matter of everyone “going home to their families in peace?” From listening to or reading Trump’s words concerning his efforts to achieve peace in the globe’s various war zones, one receives the impression that reconciling such conflicts is no more complicated than wagging a finger at misbehaving children. For the past nine months, making peace in Ukraine (or in other places) has proved far more challenging than President Trump originally envisioned. The obvious reason is that Trump either has no detailed knowledge of the conflict’s various causes, or he brushes off all those details as trifles that everyone should ignore in order “to stop the killing.” Even Trump’s own statements about what triggered the war have ranged from extremely vague........

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