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Rose Gottemoeller: An unfolding peace process in Ukraine
Donald Trump arrived at the White House promising to end the war in Ukraine swiftly. But a fast peace and a fair peace are not the same thing — and the difference matters enormously.
In this Lowy Institute address, Rose Gottemoeller — one of the world's foremost authorities on arms control and European security — examines the prospects for peace in Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War. With negotiations unfolding in real time, Gottemoeller analyses what a credible and durable settlement would require, whether any deal can be truly fair to Ukrainians, and how the international community can guard against further Russian aggression once the guns fall silent.
Authoritative, clear-eyed and deeply informed, this is essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand where the Ukraine conflict is heading — and what is at stake in getting the peace right.
Rose Gottemoeller is the Lowy Institute's 2025 Distinguished Fellow for International Security and William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016 to 2019 and as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the US State Department. In 2009–10, she was the chief US negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation — a treaty due to expire in 2026.
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Rose Gottemoeller
Rose Gottemoeller was the 2025 Distinguished Fellow for International Security.
Sam Roggeveen
Sam Roggeveen is Program Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (Opens in new window), published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
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