Diplomacy is often portrayed as a noble pursuit, a pathway to peace. Yet diplomacy with dictatorships is never neutral. When leaders extend talks to regimes that openly declare their hostility, they risk legitimizing tyranny and undermining those…

Diplomacy is often portrayed as a noble pursuit, a pathway to peace. Yet diplomacy with dictatorships is never neutral. When leaders extend talks to regimes that openly declare their hostility, they risk legitimizing tyranny and undermining those…