This article reviews the recent academic and policy interest in hybridity and hybrid political
orders in relation to peacebuilding. It is sceptical of the ability of international actors to …

This article seeks to take stock of the critique of the liberal peace and identify what it has and
has not achieved. It also asks 'where do we go from here?'The article surveys an agenda for …

This paper lays out a theoretical and analytical framework for researching and reflecting on
the peacebuilding role of education in conflict-affected contexts. The 4Rs framework …

'Local ownership'and 'participation'have become buzzwords for international intervention,
whether military, humanitarian or developmental, by the UN, World Bank, agencies or non …

The European Union has expanded its role in preventing conflicts and building peace, but
its institutional practices remain insufficiently conceptualized. This article argues that …

This article investigates problems and pitfalls involved in the EU's peacebuilding activities in
Bosnia and Herzegovina. It claims that by romanticizing civil society and selectively …

The guiding principle of peacemaking and peacebuilding over the past quarter century has
been" liberal peace": the promotion of democracy, capitalism, law, and respect for human …

Focusing on the disconnect between mainstream “liberal” peacebuilding and the discourses
and practices of “new” and “alternative” peacebuilding actors, this article develops a …

In spring 1994 I first heard Richard Whitman ask the question,'what is the international
identity of the European Union?'. The end of the Cold War, the Treaty on European Union …

This article looks at the development of the resilience approach in EU foreign policy.
Building state and societal resilience in the EU's neighbourhood has been identified as one …