Peacebuilding and Mediation Effortspeace process
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Sustained high-level shuttle diplomacy to broker a ceasefire is a clear peacebuilding-and-mediation effort, even where individual rounds stalled.
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CIA Director Burns leads sustained shuttle diplomacy on a Gaza ceasefire
Through 2024, CIA Director William Burns served as the principal U.S. negotiator in repeated rounds of shuttle diplomacy across Doha, Cairo and European capitals aimed at securing a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release. Working closely with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Egyptian intelligence and Israel's Mossad, Burns was the United States' main interlocutor in the multiparty talks. Several rounds stalled during the year before a framework was reached in January 2025, illustrating both the intensity and the limits of the mediation effort.
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Through 2024, CIA Director William Burns served as the principal U.S. negotiator in repeated rounds of shuttle diplomacy across Doha, Cairo and European capitals aimed at securing a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release. Working closely with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Egyptian intelligence and Israel's Mossad, Burns was the United States' main interlocutor in the multiparty talks. Several rounds stalled during the year before a framework was reached in January 2025, illustrating both the intensity and the limits of the mediation effort.
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