Publication

This report examines the long-term performance of power sharing as an approach to ending intra-state armed conflicts. It argues that providing and fostering forums for continued negotiations after parties have concluded a peace agreement is crucial to ensuring the long-term, positive performance of power-sharing arrangements. Drawing on evidence from Northern Ireland, Nepal, Burundi and Bosnia, the text’s authors first investigate how to support and enhance the positive performance of power-sharing arrangements in the long term, and what role third parties can play in promoting this process. They then illustrate the relevance of these findings to ongoing settlement negotiations in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen.