Weatherhead Scholars Program: Coffee and Conversation

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Date and Time

April 9, 2026
10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT

Location

CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Challenges to Conflict Mediation in a Fragmenting International System

The speaker will outline some of the major international developments that have challenged the practice of conflict mediation in recent years – including the return of geopolitics, the proliferation of armed conflicts, erosion of long-accepted norms in international relations, and increasing competition in the mediation space. He will reflect on how mediators will need to adapt to this changing context - which presents opportunities as well as challenges - in order to ensure that their peacemaking tools remain fit for purpose for the dangerous decades ahead.

Speaker

  • Paul Dziatkowiec, Director of Mediation and Peace Support, Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Contact

Walid Hammam
walid_hammam@wcfia.harvard.edu

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