Red lines versus negotiables: how exposure to wartime violence influences support for peace settlements in Ukraine
Journal: Political Science Research and Methods
Year: 2025

Abstract What shapes attitudes toward wartime negotiation? Does exposure to violence lead citizens to take a hard-line approach to any peace settlements? Or does it make them more open to peace to make the violence stop? To answer these questions, we conducted a series of surveys and survey experiments in Ukraine in July 2022 and May 2023. First, using a series of survey experiments, we show that Ukrainians are flexible on certain issues, but others are considered red lines and not up for negoti