We have hardly seen wars of aggression against another country since the end of World War II in Europe, with the exception of the Bosnian War.

What makes the current war in Ukraine different?įor many decades, there have tended to be internal conflicts. You have experienced some violent conflicts during your professional career.

Paffenholz talked with Spektrum der Wissenschaft, the German-language edition of Scientific American, about new ways to think about peacekeeping. She is executive director of Inclusive Peace, a think tank that accompanies peace processes worldwide. Thania Paffenholz is an expert in international relations, based in Switzerland and Kenya, who conducts research on sustainable peace processes and advises institutions such as the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). But how exactly do such negotiations work? What contributes to the success of diplomatic talks-and what causes them to fail? While Russian troops are forming around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, government representatives are simultaneously struggling to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. For three weeks, Ukraine has been engulfed in a war of aggression.

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