Stalemated Peacemaking In The Liberal International Order And The Problem Of Peacemaking Under Multipolarity

The dominant research methodologies, conceptual, and practical doctrines of the post- Cold War order widely related to peacemaking indicated a convergence around limited goals for peacemaking, international mediation, and conflict resolution. These problem-solving approaches, which operated within the contradictory frameworks of the liberal international order, Realism, and geopolitical pragmatism, have led to possibly unintended consequences because of such parsimony. Unable to capitalise on momentum from critical scholarship drawing on work in conflict-affected societies for a positive, hybrid and locally legitimate peace, they have perhaps inadvertently given rise to a range of authoritarian, stalemated, and unimplemented outcomes. This paper examines these post-Cold War consequences of the dominant epistemological developments in peacemaking. In summary, conceptual though pragmatic formulations for peacemaking have led to stalemated peace processes and indicate that peacemaking in a multipolar order may be complex, crude, and unstable at best.

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