The widespread practice of external intervention aimed at building “sustainable peace” within societies ravaged by war and violence has been a striking feature of the post-Cold War era. 

 

In an IDRC public lecture, international security and development expert Mats Berdal will draw from his recent book Building Peace After War to explore the record of such interventions, from Cambodia in the early 1990s to ongoing efforts in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He will look particularly at the nature of the modern peacebuilding environment and will ask searching questions about the role of military force in support of peacebuilding, the vital importance of legitimacy to any intervention, and the degree to which “post-conflict peacebuilding” is likely to remain a growth industry.

 

Please join us at the International Development Research Centre for the lecture by Mats Berdal, Building Peace After War – A Critical Assessment of International Peacebuilding from Cambodia to Afghanistan.

 

 

Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and Development in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Since 2006 he has also been a Visiting Professor at the Norwegian Defence University College in Oslo, Norway.

 

Professor Berdal is a Consulting Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, where he was Director of Studies between 2000 and 2003.  In addition to Building Peace After War, his recent publications include United Nations Interventionism 1991-2004, co-edited with Spyros Economides.

 

The lecture is free but seating is limited, so please register.

 

French and English simultaneous interpretation will be available.

 

Information: 613 696-2101