While there are hurdles to overcome at home on the mechanisms for endorsing a final accord, the latest pact on that contentious issue appears to satisfy the needs and interests of both parties—as a good agreement should.
Tag: peace processes
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It is unclear whether Duterte has the ability to maintain the fragile network of alliances that have led to his electoral success.
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Six months since the African Union proclaimed the establishment of the hybrid court of South Sudan to try war crimes and acts of extreme violence, the institution appears to be in limbo.
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Daisaku Higashi, Associate Professor at the University of Sophia, discusses lessons from Afghanistan for the design of peace and political transition processes.
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According to Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the representatives of the Quartet–comprised of the United States, Russia, the EU, and the United Nations–met on the margins of the 2016 Munich Security Conference and agreed to work on a joint report which will include recommendations for a re-launching of the two-state vision.
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In an arena as complex as Syria, even getting conflict parties and their supporters to the negotiating table is challenging, and remains a fragile endeavor.
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Farea Al-Muslimi, Visiting Fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center and Chairman of the youth-oriented Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies, discusses the situation in Yemen ahead of scheduled peace talks.
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Visaka Dharmadasa, Founder and Chair of the Association of War Affected Women, speaks about Sri Lanka’s political transition and the role of women in building peace in the country.
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Carter Center Director of Conflict Resolution Hrair Balian discusses how to implement a five-nation solution to the Syrian conflict, involving the US, Russia, Syria, Turkey, and Iran.
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From the beginning of the process, a central tension was evident: as the FARC came to the table as a negotiating party and not a defeated army, they openly refused to “spend one day in jail.”