Ceasefires as violent state-building: local truce and reconciliation agreements in the Syrian civil war
@article{Sosnowski2020CeasefiresAV, title={Ceasefires as violent state-building: local truce and reconciliation agreements in the Syrian civil war}, author={M. Sosnowski}, journal={Conflict, Security & Development}, year={2020}, volume={20}, pages={273 - 292} }
ABSTRACT Ceasefires have long been considered as a means to halt the violence of armed conflict for specific periods of time. This article broadens current understandings of ceasefires by arguing that they not only have the ability to affect violence but can be used as a tool of violent state-building. Through an in-depth examination of two case studies of local ceasefires from the Syrian civil war, Old Homs and Daraya, the paper shows that these types of ceasefires are not only military… CONTINUE READING
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