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Accepted Paper:
Learning from Failure: Tackling War Recurrence in Protracted Peace Processes
Giuditta Fontana
(University of Birmingham)
Stefan Wolff
Natascha Neudorfer
Argyro Kartsonaki
(University of Birmingham)
Christalla Yakinthou
Paper short abstract:
In this paper, we aim to redress two important blind spots in the existing literature on the causes and possible mitigation of civil war recurrence. We ask: under what conditions does a peace agreement collapse, and how can these conditions be mitigated to achieve sustainable peace?
Paper long abstract:
Civil war is the most frequent and destructive form of armed conflict today. Nearly one third of societies that have experienced one civil war also experience a second or a third one. In this paper, we aim to redress two important blind spots in the existing literature on the causes and possible mitigation of civil war recurrence. We ask: under what conditions does a peace agreement (PA) collapse, and how can these conditions be mitigated in subsequent peace processes to achieve sustainable peace? We explore our theoretical framework, explain our mixed-methods approach, and discuss some preliminary findings of the research.