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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
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.