Peace in Digital International Relations: Prospects and Limitations

Peace in Digital International Relations: Prospects and Limitations
ISBN-10
1009396765
ISBN-13
9781009396769
Category
Political Science
Pages
163
Language
English
Published
2023-04-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Oliver P. Richmond, Gëzim Visoka, Ioannis Tellidis

Description

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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