peace process
Steps toward accord
A peace process is a series of negotiations, agreements, and diplomatic efforts aimed at ending a conflict between warring parties.
The term typically describes extended, formal attempts to resolve long-standing disputes: the Middle East peace process, the Northern Ireland peace process.
Peace processes often involve intermediaries, ceasefires, and incremental steps toward a final settlement—and frequently stall or collapse before reaching resolution.
Spoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
envoy · bilateral · multilateral · delegation · accord · treaty · agreement · settlement
Harmony between parties
- agreementShared position between parties
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- verificationProving something accurate
monitoring · disarmament · demobilization · reintegration · DDR · sanctions · guarantor · timeline
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- healingRestoration of health
- truth commissionPanel investigating past atrocities
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
restoration · trust-building · coexistence · reintegration · amnesty · victim · survivor · memorial
Agreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- haltComplete sudden stop
- cessationA full stopping
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
moratorium · demilitarization · buffer zone · monitoring · verification · violation · breakdown · renewal
Organized social gatherings
- belligerentsParties waging war
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
civil society · UN · African Union · observer · signatory · hardliner · moderate · splinter group
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
summit · envoy · bilateral · multilateral · delegation · accord · treaty · agreement · settlement · broker
accord
Harmony between parties
- agreementShared position between parties
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
verification · monitoring · disarmament · demobilization · reintegration · DDR · sanctions · guarantor · timeline · milestone
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- healingRestoration of health
- truth commissionPanel investigating past atrocities
- reparationCompensation for injury done
apology · restoration · trust-building · coexistence · reintegration · amnesty · victim · survivor · memorial · acknowledgment
truce
Agreed halt to hostilities
suspension · moratorium · demilitarization · buffer zone · monitoring · verification · violation · breakdown · renewal · extension
parties
Organized social gatherings
- belligerentsParties waging war
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
guarantor · civil society · UN · African Union · observer · signatory · hardliner · moderate · splinter group · insurgent
- Irish Diplomacyforeign affairs, ambassadors, diplomatic corps, consulates, consulate
- Mideast PeaceOslo Accords, Camp David, two-state solution, roadmap, normalization
- Oslo AccordsOslo Accords, Rabin, Arafat, PLO, Israel
- peacepeacefully, dove, dove release, olive branch, white flag
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
peace processwar
Armed struggle between groups
armed conflict · warfare · hostilities · violence · combat
peace processethnic cleansing
Systematic removal of populations
genocide · total war · scorched earth policy · conquest · subjugation
peace, peaceful, process, peaceable, peacefulness, peacemaker, peacekeepers, peacekeeper, peacemaking