Project description
Models of sustainable rebel group integration
The end of civil conflicts is associated with different forms of integration of rebel groups in societies. Civilian, political and military integration provisions in the liberal peacebuilding model promote democratisation and pacification inside the post-conflict society. However, the experience of recent examples has produced mixed assessments regarding their success. The EU-funded KW Rebel Integration project will compare the contents and combinations of three different models of rebel group integration in societies emerging from civil conflicts: civilian (disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration), military (integration of former rebels into the national army), and political (participation in active politics and governance). The project will shed light on what shapes integration provisions and the consequences of integration strategies.
Objective
My post-doctoral research proposal, entitled The International Rebel Integration Toolkit Revisited: What Approaches Work for the Successful and Sustainable Incorporation of Former Rebel Groups after Civil War?, aims to compare the contents and combinations of three different – though not mutually exclusive – approaches to the integration of rebel groups in societies emerging from conflict: civilian (through Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration), military (as reflected in the incorporation of former combatants into the national army through the broader objective of Security Sector Reform) as well as political integration (as illustrated in the inclusion of rebel groups in interim governments, political power-sharing agreements or rebel-to-party transformations). Civilian, military and political integration provisions have become an integral part of what has commonly become referred to as the liberal peacebuilding paradigm, an approach rooted in the conviction that the promotion of specific peace accord measures coupled with democratization provides the most effective way to pacify conflict-torn societies. And while many UN peacekeeping missions are mandated to assist countries emerging from conflict in the implementation of these provisions, which provide strategic incentives to former armed groups against returning to armed struggle, the overall evidence is mixed when it comes to evaluating their success. What shapes the content and combination of civilian, military and political integration provisions in peace accords? What combinations have resulted in lasting peace and why? How do local and international actors view these various measures? How do they attempt to strategically use them to seek leverage? What are the consequences of these strategies for sustainable peace? The project will adopt a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative research methods to address these questions.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
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