In January 2019 #Armenia and #Azerbaijan foreign ministers agreed to ‘prepare populations for peace’. What does this mean and what are the threats and opportunities for peacebuilding in the #Karabakh conflict today? (Thread, 1/7)
Line of Contact violence has declined since late 2017, a peaceful power transition took place in #Armenia in April 2018, and in September the parties set up an ‘operative channel’ between armed forces (2/7)
But supplying content to ‘preparing populations for peace’, and what this phrase means in practice is still elusive (3/7)
As before #Azerbaijan seeks to move quickly to ‘substantive talks’ prioritising the return of territories at an early stage, while #Armenia favours a gradualist approach addressing security and reviewing the format of the talks (4/7)
Despite some constructive messaging, communications have been inconsistent, policy initiatives absent and process remains narrow and top-down. Raised expectations risk disappointment. What directions can peacebuilding take to support #NKpeace today? (5/7)
A new @CRbuildpeace paper discusses five areas that could supply content to ‘preparing populations for peace’: strategic communications for peace, policy dialogue, policy coherence/capacity, strategic inclusion and public education/conflict literacy (6/7)
Read our discussion paper summarising analysis and recommendations from participants at our recent #Karabakh Contact Group meeting: c-r.org/learning-hub/p… (7/7)
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