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Editorial pieces published on the site.

• Why ceasefires fail — three patterns from the data

  Most ceasefires fail within 18 months. The Uppsala data shows three patterns that predict collapse.

• What Norway has quietly learned about mediation

  Norway has played a discreet mediation role in many of the past 30 years' peace processes. Here's what we can learn from the model.

• Local peacebuilding works — three programs that prove it

  The most durable peace is built locally. Three programs from Rwanda, Somalia and Colombia show how community-led peacebuilding scales.