Rethinking Peace and Victory in Light of Russian Aggression in Ukraine

What is it about?

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is an atypical war: not a civil war, instead, as an interstate war of aggression, it raises questions about whether the standard tools of peacebuilding, and established approaches to the study of peace, are applicable. This special issue explores what avenues for negotiation, mediation, and peacebuilding there might be in light of Russian aggression against Ukraine. It brings together scholars of peace and conflict from Ukraine and other countries. In this introduction, we introduce and summarize the different contributions to this special issue, before concluding a number of questions for the broader field of peacebuilding beyond Ukraine.

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