After Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, hailed the “remarkable breakthrough” in talks between the US and Ukraine, his allies were quick to highlight the key role played behind the scenes by Jonathan Powell, an architect of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Downing Street’s national security adviser — a veteran of the Tony Blair era — has been deployed to help smooth discussions that only days earlier had completely broken down.
Powell, Blair’s chief of staff for a…
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