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Towards a typology of ceasefires: order amid violence
- Source :
- Australian Journal of International Affairs
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- GBR, 2020.
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Abstract
- Traditionally, ceasefires have primarily been seen as military tools used to halt violence for specific periods of time or as a teleological bridge between war and peace. Drawing from the literature on complex political order, this paper argues that rather than only affecting levels of violence ceasefires can be better conceptualised as particular types of wartime order and that consequently they can have diverse military and political consequences on the ground. These may include for recognition and legitimation, rebel governance, economic networks, state consolidation and rights to citizenship and property. The article uses this broader conceptual foundation and an analysis of 186 ceasefire agreements to create a typology with four different types of ceasefires and theorise about their potential ramifications for other contested areas beyond the military arena. It illustrates the different types of ceasefires from the typology with empirical examples from the Syrian civil war.
- Subjects :
- Typology
peace
political negotiation
Politikwissenschaft
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Geography, Planning and Development
Waffenstillstand
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Konfliktlösung
Criminology
Typologie
Legitimation
Political science
Conflict resolution
Anerkennungspolitik
peace negotiation
Frieden
war
conflict resolution
Order (virtue)
Syria
policy of recognition
Gewaltverzicht
non-aggression
Friedensverhandlung
Spanish Civil War
Teleology
Political Science and International Relations
ddc:320
Syrien
politische Verhandlung
typology
Krieg
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of International Affairs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ca80a172506694703c3979018e781ea8