Language of peace: why talk of ‘making deals’ rather than ‘reaching agreements’ is not helpful

By John Gledhill, Associate Professor of Global Governance, University of Oxford

Upon returning to the US after his symbolically powerful meeting with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, President Donald Trump told reporters: “I think [Zelensky] wants to make a deal.” He also called for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to “sit down and sign the [peace] deal” that is reportedly in the works.

Such talk of “deals” has been common in recent…

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