Lasting peace in Ukraine may hinge on independent monitors – yet Trump’s 28-point plan barely mentions them

By Peter J. Quaranto, Visiting Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, Professor of the Practice in International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Visiting Scholar at the Jordan Center, New York University
Tyler Jess Thompson, Research Fellow with the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley

Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.

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