Peace in Political Unsettlement

Jan Pospisil is head of research at the ASPR – Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Vienna, Austria. He is also part of the Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP), located at the University of Edinburgh. Jan’s research focuses on post-liberal approaches in the fields of peace and security.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 The state of affirmation in peacebuilding: locating pragmatic transitions.- 3 Conceptualising formalised political unsettlement.- 4 Ontopolitics at play: inclusion between a panacea and a hook.- 5 Moving beyond solving conflict: creative non-solutions.- 6 Moving beyond the conflict setting: disrelation.- 7 Conclusions: embracing affirmation.