Peacebuilding (изграждане на мир)
PeaceRep (The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform) към Университета на Единбург публикува първите си доклади от поредицата Глобални преходи ( Global Transitions ). Един от докладите, написан от Spyros A. Sofos, се казва Peacebuilding in Turbulent Times: Turkey in MENA and Africa и съдържа няколко интересни мисли за миротворчеството. Peacebuilding is a flexible and expansive term that can encompass different combinations of interventions dealing with physical and institutional instability, responding to human insecurity, poverty, lack of trust and social justice, combatting nationalism or sectarianism, tackling economic stagnation and environmental challenges, building infrastructures, transferring know-how, and empowering communities. It can involve the exercise of hard (military) power, and soft power (through persuasion and dialogue). It can be understood as top-down or grassroots in its approach, either remaining limited to analysing masculine interactio...