The international architecture of peacebuilding and statebuilding is currently responding to a shift from 'analogue' to 'digital' approaches in international relations. This is affecting conflict management, intervention, peacebuilding, and the all-important role of civil society. This Element analyses the potential that these new digital forms of international relations offer for the reform of peace praxis – namely, the enhancement of critical agency across networks and scales, the expansion of claims for rights and the mitigation of obstacles posed by sovereignty, locality, and territoriality. The Element also addresses the parallel limitations of digital technologies in terms of political emancipation related to subaltern claims, the risk of co-optation by historical and analogue power structures, institutions, and actors. We conclude that though aspects of emerging digital approaches to making peace are promising, they cannot yet bypass or resolve older, analogue conflict dynamics revolving around power-relations, territorialism, and state formation.
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1. Introduction; 2. Peace in analogue international relations; 3. Peace in digital international relations; 4. The promise of digital peacebuilding; 5. The perils of digital peacebuilding; 6. Conclusion; References.
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This Element examines the transition from analogue to digital IR and explores the impact of digital technologies on peace processes.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781009396745
Publisert
2023-04-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
150 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
75