EUPeace Crisis Conversations
From Positive to Cold Peace: Cases from the Frontlines of Mediation
The EUPeace Crisis Conversations continue with their second session, focusing on one of today’s central challenges of international mediation: the widening gap between ending violence and building societies capable of sustained cooperation.
Contemporary peace processes increasingly unfold in a context shaped by great power competition, fragmented international engagement, and an unprecedented number of active conflicts. These dynamics often limit the scope of mediation efforts and shape where negotiated settlements ultimately land on the continuum between positive and cold peace.
Date: 13 January 2026 | 18:30–19:30
Location: online
Guest speakers
Pascal da Rocha (International Mediator, United Nations & African Union)
Mariia Levchenko (Berghof Foundation; Luxembourg Peace Prize 2023; McCain Global Leader 2022)
Drawing on decades of combined experience, Pascal da Rocha and Mariia Levchenko will examine how great power competition, fragmented international responses, and the sheer volume of active conflicts shape mediation processes and outcomes. They will reflect on where contemporary settlements fall on the spectrum between positive and cold peace and on whether transformative peacebuilding remains a realistic aspiration or an artifact of a more permissive era.
The event is part of the EUPeace Crisis Conversations, a series dedicated to examining contemporary global crises and their implications for peace, security, and international cooperation.
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