#  Weatherhead Scholars Program: Coffee and Conversation 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 9, 2026** 

 10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)**  

 [1737 Cambridge Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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## 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](mailto:walid_hammam@wcfia.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2025–2026 ](/academic-year/2025-2026)
- [ Weatherhead Scholars Program ](/event-categories/weatherhead-scholars-program)
 
 

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