How to Use shuttle diplomacy in a Sentence
shuttle diplomacy
noun-
The shuttle diplomacy gained urgency as the day wore on.
— New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021 -
The danger is that the conflict spreads beyond the region and a sense of panic is palpable in the rounds of shuttle diplomacy.
— Henry Meyer, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2023 -
The companies are in the early stages of shuttle diplomacy, so the real political risks will take time to emerge.
— Washington Post, 29 May 2019 -
As part of a separate burst of shuttle diplomacy, the U.S. secretary of state leaned on the assistance of Egypt’s president.
— Washington Post, 28 May 2021 -
At the same time, the United Nations has engaged in a blitz of shuttle diplomacy, trying to build trust between two sides whose split over a decade ago has roiled efforts to forge a two-state peace with Israel.
— Dov Lieber, WSJ, 27 July 2018 -
The chief American diplomat’s shuttle diplomacy over the past several days didn’t break a stalemate between the sides on Thursday.
— Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 13 July 2017 -
Unlike during the previous two days, McCarthy stayed out of his seat and spoke to as many members as possible Thursday, the center of a flurry of shuttle diplomacy on the floor.
— Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Iran has refused to meet directly with the United States, so the Europeans have been undertaking a kind of shuttle diplomacy.
— New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Finally, in mid-July, Trump acquiesced to Tillerson’s request to be allowed to go to the region himself to conduct a round of shuttle diplomacy.
— Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017 -
The shuttle diplomacy was aimed at deterring other countries or armed groups from widening the conflict, officials said.
— Rachel pannett, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Western ambassadors have been carrying out daily shuttle diplomacy to try to make progress.
— Washington Post, 29 June 2019 -
Tillerson engaged in a round of shuttle diplomacy in July in an effort to resolve the dispute, emerging empty handed and visibly frustrated at the lack of progress and goodwill.
— Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017 -
That has led to intense shuttle diplomacy over the past week, with Kurdish President Masoud Barzani negotiating until the last minute.
— Ben Kesling, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017 -
His team represented Trevor Reed’s family and spent months engaged in shuttle diplomacy trying to outline a possible deal to free him.
— Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 9 July 2022 -
An uptick in shuttle diplomacy The recent cooperation between the two countries has come with a busy schedule of shuttle diplomacy.
— David Shortell, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023 -
But a relatively hands-off approach in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict also could spare the U.S. years of shuttle diplomacy in support of a peace process that neither side actively supports.
— BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021 -
As Iran and the US arrive at a critical juncture in negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, Doha seems to be engaging in shuttle diplomacy.
— Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022 -
Duda’s veto ultimately saved the network, following months of shuttle diplomacy by the United States.
— Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2023 -
With Western leaders in a whirl of shuttle diplomacy seeking to defuse tensions with Russia, a push to revive peace accords for Ukraine after years of inaction is gathering some tentative momentum.
— Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2022 -
Their readiness to continue shuttle diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan is helpful, and the West should continue to try to bring Azerbaijan back to the negotiating table.
— Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Even as the leaders resumed shuttle diplomacy — talks conducted by a mediator — many in South Korea were reportedly upset that Kishida did not offer a fuller apology.
— Justin Klawans, The Week, 7 May 2023 -
Previous interventions by Tillerson and the Trump administration have so far failed to end the crisis, despite an earlier round of shuttle diplomacy undertaken by the secretary of state in July.
— Laura Koran, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017 -
But a relatively hands-off approach from the administration in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict also could spare Biden officials years of shuttle diplomacy in support of a peace process that neither side actively supports.
— Ellen Knickmeyer, Star Tribune, 17 May 2021 -
And Pompeo's real shuttle diplomacy which has been really effective.
— Fox News, 7 July 2018 -
But unlike several previous administrations, there’s been no effort so far to dispatch high-level envoys to the region to engage in shuttle diplomacy or other steps to assert U.S. influence.
— David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021 -
Because the relationship has suffered serious damages, politicians from South Korea and Japan — myself included — could communicate and meet more often, like shuttle diplomacy.
— Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 -
Nor was 57% perhaps such a large majority once account is taken of the propaganda value of Chamberlain’s shuttle diplomacy and its ostensibly triumphant conclusion.
— P. E. Caquet, Time, 24 Sep. 2019 -
The deal came after shuttle diplomacy between moderate and conservatives who met with leadership, then separately, then communicated back and forth.
— Tal Kopan and Lauren Fox, CNN, 12 June 2018 -
The Wisconsin Republican and his top lieutenants have been playing shuttle diplomacy between conservatives who oppose any vote on a bipartisan solution for Dreamers, and moderates who are demanding one.
— Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 23 May 2018 -
Gottesdiener recalls that negotiating among five separate factions turned architecture into a combination of shuttle diplomacy and family therapy.
— Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Jan. 2018
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