Elgar Companion to Building Durable Peace

Edited by Paul R. Williams, Rebecca I. Grazier Professor of Law and International Relations, American University and Founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group and Ryan Jane Westlake, Director, Peacebuilding Strategy and Policy, Public International Law & Policy Group, USA

• ContentsPreface xIntroduction to building durable peace 1Paul R. Williams and Ryan Jane Westlake1 Angola: negotiating the 1991 Bicesse Peace Accords 3Robert Perito and Allyson Reynolds2 Yugoslavia: the ICTY and the politics of accountability 24Richard Goldstone and Ryan Jane Westlake3 Guatemala: informal mediation mechanisms and the peace process 38Donald J. Planty and Paul R. Williams4 Kosovo: the arc of independence 51Alush Gashi and Molly Armstrong5 Kosovo: from occupation to independence, perspectives from the solefemale negotiator 73Edita Tahiri and Paul R. Williams6 Sri Lanka: inside the peace process with the LTTE legal advisor 87Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran and Ryan Jane Westlake7 Nagorno-Karabakh: the Key West peace process 113Vartan Oskanian and Rebekah Shields8 Sierra Leone: balancing peace and justice 132Yvette Stevens and Sydney E. Robson9 Montenegro: the 2002 Union Treaty negotiations with Serbia 152Igor Lukšić and Alexis Berg10 Montenegro: advancing global diplomacy 176Zorica Marić-Djordjević, Alexis Berg and Molly Armstrong11 Moldova: unfinished peace and the geopolitical dynamics of theTransnistrian conflict 198Louis O’Neill and Sindija Bēta12 Iraq: statebuilding from 2004–10 215Robert Ford and Sydney E. Robson13 Darfur: peacekeeping in hostile terrain 243Berhanemeskel Nega and Greta Ramelli14 Darfur: drafting against the odds at the Doha Peace Talks 266Matthew T. Simpson and Sindi A. Connell15 Libya: building durable post-conflict legal frameworks 290Anna Triponel and Caitlyn Quinn16 Syria: the Geneva process and the limits of international mediation 314Ivan M. Nielsen and Heba Bawaieh17 Syria: inclusivity, justice, and governance in the Geneva peace talks 338Betsy Popken and Caitlyn Quinn18 Sudan: the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement 358Paul R. Williams19 Ambazonia: Cameroon’s failed peace process 376Lilian Atanga, Henry Atem Oben and Ryan Jane Westlake20 South Sudan: the role of Kenyan mediation 405Amina C. Mohamed and Emma BakkumIndex 430

‘This timely and compelling volume captures lessons from the front lines of peace negotiations. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how durable peace is built amid challenging political and legal environments.’