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Kroc Institutde for International Peace Studies

Peace Agreements

South Sudan: Hopes for Peace in the Balance

South Sudan: Hopes for Peace in the Balance

Matthew Hauenstein and Madhav Joshi On November 8, 2019, the parties to South Sudan’s 2018 peace agreement approved a second extension of its initial implementation period. This new extension is intended to conclude with the inauguration of a unity government between...

Crowbar No. 1325

Crowbar No. 1325

Kate Paarlberg-Kvam Colombia’s 2016 Peace Accord is a groundbreaking example of how to include women and a gender focus in negotiations and peacebuilding. This achievement is the result of years of advocacy by Colombian women, with the support of the international...

A Barometer of Peace Implementation in Colombia

A Barometer of Peace Implementation in Colombia

David Cortright and Laurel Stone Working at the nexus of practice and research, the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) program has established by way of empirical evidence the world’s largest collection of implementation data on peace agreements. The PAM database tracks the...

Toward Quality Peace

Toward Quality Peace

Peter Wallensteen The notion of quality peace is gaining momentum. Its origin stems from a growing interest in strategic peacebuilding and the search for post-war conditions that will prevent the recurrence of war. One result of this interest is the development of the...

Policy Uses of Peace and Conflict Data

Policy Uses of Peace and Conflict Data

Peter Wallensteen In January 1990 I received a phone call from the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. The island was experiencing an intensive armed conflict, a war that was small by international standards, but which we included in the Uppsala Conflict Data...

The Peace Accords Matrix

The Peace Accords Matrix

Madhav Joshi and John Darby Peacebuilding scholars and practitioners often emphasize the importance of achieving sustainable peace accords, but few have attempted to examine comprehensively the provisions of peace accords and how they are implemented. The Kroc...