Strategies for Sustainable Peacebuilding: Implementation and Policy

This brief draws on case studies of civil war to consider how sustainable peacebuilding can be practiced. The authors take the view that peace agreements mark the beginning, not the end, of a process of national reform and reconciliation in both the institutional and normative spheres. Peace agreements, when properly designed, have the potential to do more for a country than put an end to the immediate violence; they can present a turning point.