Are we facing the dusk or dawn in the field of peacebuilding? Yes! Peacebuilding approaches that evolved from the end of the Soviet Union to the COVID pandemic are under duress, if not in collapse. Many analysts try to fit the emergent shape-shifting of U.S. domestic...
Author: John Paul Lederach
Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Articles
Colombian Peace Process: Bridging Research and Practice
John Paul Lederach John Paul Lederach is an internationally known peacebuilder and teacher who contributes to the Peace Accords Matrix at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. In October 2012, formal talks between the Colombian government and the largest...
From Isolation to Engagement: Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
John Paul Lederach The U.S. government’s list of “Foreign Terrorist Organizations” is a central part of a counter-terrorism strategy based on the isolation of individuals and groups who espouse violence defined as terrorism. This strategy makes it illegal to provide...




