The Proposal at a Glance

Freeze–Vote–Rebuild is a sequenced, verification-first framework designed to move from active war to a legitimate political outcome and large-scale reconstruction.

It separates three problems that are often entangled:

Stopping violence (Freeze)
Establishing legitimate political authority (Vote)
Restoring lives and infrastructure at scale (Rebuild)

The intent is to create a process that is auditable, conditional, and reversible if compliance breaks—rather than a one-shot bargain that depends on trust.

The Three Phases (High-Level)

Freeze

Stop major combat operations under a monitored arrangement that includes:

defined ceasefire terms,
verification and incident reporting,
deconfliction mechanisms,
humanitarian protections and protected infrastructure.

Vote

Run a supervised legitimacy process that:

defines the electorate (including displaced persons),
uses credible voting and auditing procedures,
establishes integrity safeguards against coercion and manipulation,
may include a published “vote-to-border” method if outcomes translate into lines.

Rebuild

Unlock reconstruction at scale through:

transparent governance and procurement,
performance-based delivery incentives (“Reconstruction Olympics”),
auditing, public reporting, and anti-capture safeguards,
sequenced economic restart (energy, transport, housing, services).

Verification-First: The Operating Logic

The proposal is built around gates:

Each phase has entry/exit criteria measured by observable indicators.
Benefits (sanctions relief, aid tranches, reconstruction funds) can be tied to verified compliance.
Violations trigger predefined responses (investigation, escalation ladder, rollback).

This is intended to reduce dependence on trust and increase resilience to spoilers.

Status-Neutral by Design

The framework is structured to:

avoid requiring agreement on final status before violence stops,
use a supervised legitimacy process rather than unilateral declarations,
keep the mechanism focused on process integrity and verifiability.

“Status-neutral” does not mean “values-neutral”; it means the mechanism does not predetermine outcomes.