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Pursuing Peace on a Shoestring: Conflict Management in an Increasingly Complex World
Multilateral conflict management is in a state of flux. In the face of enormous challenges, the world is more divided than it has been for a long time. Fragmentation, deinstitutionalization and militarization, combined with the erosion of many values-based norms, threaten the very survival of the multilateral system. Political and financial investments in non-military tools such as peacebuilding and civilian peacekeeping are decreasing, which in turn reduces holistic conflict management options. This SIPRI Research Policy Paper maps existing debates about the future of global conflict management, combining expert insights with a review of the broader literature. It aims to set the stage for a forthcoming series of regional meetings on the same topic.
Table of contents
I. Introduction
II. Growing threats to peace and security
III. A stressed regime of conflict management tools and actors
IV. Debated norms and concepts in conflict management
V. Regional conflict management in a nutshell
VI. Hope for a new conflict management landscape
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS
Gretchen Baldwin is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme.