Ceasefire Success: A Conceptual Framework
Author(s): Govinda Clayton, Laurie Nathan, Claudia Wiehler
Journal Title: International Peacekeeping
Publication Year: 2021
The causes and consequences of ceasefires have become a burgeoning area of research. Despite its importance, it is not clear how ceasefire success should be conceptualized, which hampers the progress of its research. This journal article by CSS Govinda Clayton, Claudia Wiehler and Laurie Nathan offers a conceptual framework based on the proposition that ceasefire success should be assessed in two criteria: the immediate objective and the underlying purpose. According to the authors, this requires an understanding of the broader political process that gives rise to a ceasefire, rather than interpreting all arrangements as homogeneous with the same scope and goal.