New PeaceRep research is shedding light on how global fragmentation has led to new pragmatic and reductionist forms of conflict resolution.
Drawing on PeaceRep’s Myanmar research, Dr Monalisa Adhikari, Dr Jennifer Hodge, and Laura Wise argue that this new approach to peacemaking presents both opportunities and challenges for future peacebuilding efforts.
Read the report: Peace Process Lite: When global fragmentation meets conflict fragmentation
New PeaceRep Fragmentation Research Published by British Academy and Carnegie Endowment...
The British Academy and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace have published new research from the PeaceRep Myanmar team as part of the Global (Dis)Order programme. The programme aims to “provide rigorous, objective, evidence-based analysis of the shifting dynamics of global orders from regional, multidisciplinary, sectoral and temporal perspectives” to support policymakers to navigate new global orders.
In the discussion paper “Peace Process Lite: When global fragmentation meets conflict fragmentation”, Dr Monalisa Adhikari, Dr Jennifer Hodge, and Laura Wise draw on PeaceRep’s Myanmar research, arguing that fragmentation has led to new pragmatic and reductionist forms of conflict resolution, marked by stabilisation, short-termism, ad hoc institutional arrangements, and transactional mediation relationships.
The co-authors suggest that this approach to peacemaking has emerged as an alternative to multilaterally-driven comprehensive peace processes and is contextually defined, localised, regionalised, and adapted, presenting both opportunities and challenges for policymakers and peacebuilders.
The PeaceRep paper is published as part of the volume “Understanding the interlocking shifts, actors and institutions contributing to peace and security today”, which includes papers on UN peacekeeping, Ukraine, Artificial Intelligence, armed groups, and humanitarianism.
Explore the report: Peace Process Lite: When Global Fragmentation Meets Conflict Fragmentation
Read the accompanying blog post: The Global (Dis)Order of Peacemaking in Myanmar