Peace Agreement Provisions and the Durability of Peace

Author(s): Sean Kane
Series Editor(s): Simon J. A. Mason
Series: CSS Mediation Resources
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Place: Zurich

This study analyzes empirical research on the relationship between the content of negotiated civil war peace agreements and the subsequent duration of peace. It focuses specifically upon quantitative studies that apply statistical techniques to analyze databases containing decades of civil war peace agreements. This is a research area of direct practical relevance to mediators, who can and do influence the design of peace agreements by introducing options from comparative cases. Due to a general lack of familiarity among mediation practitioners with quantitative methods, lessons from this area of research may so far be underutilized as compared to case studies and other more qualitative methods.

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