Mediation Perspectives: How Ceasefires Affect Conflict Ripeness

Author(s): Valerie Sticher
Series: CSS Mediation Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

How do ceasefires affect the ripeness of conflict for a negotiated solution? In this CSS Mediation Perspectives blog, Valerie Sticher talks about her recent article on the complex relationship between ceasefires and peace negotiations. She suggests that there are three key stages of conflict ripeness – ripeness to initiate negotiations, ripeness to make major concessions, and ripeness to settle – and that ceasefires can play a distinct role in each of these stages.

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