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Prisoners, not territory, are now the tradable currency of wartime diplomacy.

Washington models Russia sanctions relief on hostage releases while a politicized POW transfer shows how fast human-currency diplomacy detonates the relationships it needs.

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World & Geopolitics
Ukraine Peace Track: Miami Talks End Without a Deal — and Trump Tells Ukraine to "Get a New Leader"

US peace diplomacy now measures progress in prisoners released and trade reopened rather than territory changed hands.

World & Geopolitics
Seoul Recalls Its Ambassador From Kyiv — the POW Rift Escalates, With a Door Left Open

A POW transfer handled as publicity detonates the very relationship it was meant to serve, costing the embassy its ambassador — human-currency diplomacy's collateral damage.