How Peace Negotiations Fail

The Case of Afghanistan and the Taliban (2020–2021)

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ID6017709
AuthorsOmar Sadr (0000-0002-6751-3543, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume7
Issuesupplement
Pages112-134
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfghanistan (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2399-357X • E-ISSN: 2399-3588
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/afg.2024.0147
OpenAlexW4405185389
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

The Taliban capture of Kabul on August 15, 2021, was the final nail in the coffin of the failed peace process between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban. Drawing on both rationalist and ideationalist approaches to peace processes in peace and conflict resolution literature, this article highlights seven causes of the failure of these peace negotiations. These include a flawed peace design, lack of mediator and guarantor, costly concessions, indivisibility, ideology and identity, and the absence of a mutual stalemate

Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Law and economics · Negotiation · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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