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Strategies for Sustainable Peacebuilding: Implementation and Policy

Scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers will speak about implementation challenges to designing resilient peace agreements, as well as engaged monitoring and fostering public participation when integrating peace agreements into policy.  Our two keynotes will focus on dilemmas of peace-making and strategic delivery of negotiated peace agreements. Specific examples are drawn from Africa and South America, as well as Ireland. 

This two-day colloquium is co-organized by Professor Josefina Echavarría, Professor Catherine Panter-Brick, and Ambassador Bisa Williams. Attendance is limited to the Yale campus community with Yale ID; please register in advance. 

Sponsors include the Jackson School of Global Affairs and the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund; Council on African Studies; Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies; Program on Conflict, Resilience and Health; Program on Peace and Development).


Monday, November 14

10:00-10:30: Welcoming Remarks

Jim Levinsohn, Dean, Jackson School of Global A airs, Yale University

10:30-11:45: Keynote with Q&A

Dilemmas of Making Peace With – or Without - Extremists 
Alexander Thurston, University of Cincinnati 

11.45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30: Panel • Designing Resilient Peace Agreements: Implementation Challenges

Moderator:Victoria Holt, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College

Panelists:
Chidi Blyden, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African A airs
Jason Quinn, Kroc Institute, Keough School of Global A airs, University of Notre Dame

 

2:30-3:00: Coffee

3:00-5:00: Panel • Engaged Monitoring and Observation of Peace Agreements

Moderator:Louisa Lombard, Yale University

Panelists:
Paige Alexander, Chief Executive O cer, The Carter Center
Jose na Echavarría, Kroc Institute, Keough School of Global A airs, University of Notre DameMarlene Spoerri, Director of Inclusive Diplomacy & Systems Change, Independent Diplomat

5:00-6.15: Reception


Tuesday, November 15

8:30-8:45 Continental Breakfast

8.45-10:00: Keynote with Q&A • How do Negotiators Deliver What is Promised in Peace Agreements?

Monica McWilliams, Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, Ulster University 

10:00-10:30: Coffee

10:30-12:00: Panel • Integrating Peace Agreements into Policy: Fostering Public Participation & Buy-in

Moderator:Amb. Bisa Williams, Yale University

Panelists:
Roddy Brett, University of Bristol
Enrica Picco, International Crisis Group, Barcelona

12:00-1:00Lunch and Conclusion


Organized by: Catherine Panter-Brick, Yale University; Amb. Bisa Williams, Yale University; and Jose na Echavarría, University of Notre Dame. Sponsored by: The Jackson School of Global A airs, The Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies with support from the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund; the Council on African Studies; the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies; the Program on Con ict, Resilience and Health; and the Program on Peace and Development.