Description
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of peace agreements—how they are negotiated, implemented, and sustained—within both global, national, and local contexts. Drawing upon foundational readings and recent research in international conflict resolution, the course covers topics such as interstate and civil war settlements, transitional justice, reconciliation, state-led peacebuilding, and local peace initiatives.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will:
Acquire a theoretical foundation in key peace and conflict resolution frameworks.
Analyse case studies at multiple levels, from global peacekeeping operations to interstate, national, and local efforts involving state institutions, victims, and civil society.
Engage with critical themes such as memory, reconciliation, and justice in peace agreements, from both normative and practical perspectives.
Mode of Instruction
Seminar
Assessment Method
tba
Reading list
(These are the main readings. The full list of readings will be available in the syllabus of the course)
Wallensteen, Peter (2015). Quality peace: strategic peacebuilding and world order. Oxford University Press. Chapter 3: Quality Peace after Civil War and Chapter 5: Quality Peace between States.
Walter, Barbara F. (2002). Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton University Press. Chapter 1: Why Peace Fails.
Wallensteen, Peter. (2013). Peace research: Theory and practice. Routledge. Chapter 11: Armed conflict and peace agreements
Fortna, Virginia Page. (2008) Does peacekeeping work?: shaping belligerents' choices after civil war. Princeton University Press. Chapter 1: Peacekeeping and the Peacekept, and Chapter 4: A Causal Theory of Peacekeeping
Registration
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Timetable
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