postconflict
Following armed hostilities
Postconflict describes the period or conditions following armed conflict or war: postconflict reconstruction, postconflict societies.
The term appears in policy discussions about rebuilding nations after violence ends—addressing displaced populations, restoring infrastructure, establishing governance.
Often hyphenated as post-conflict, especially in British usage.
Preventing or ending conflict
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- DDRFoot-based rhythm arcade
monitoring · policing · governance · institution-building · power-sharing · elections · democratization · sovereignty
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
trust-building · mediation · accountability · justice · reintegration · coexistence · tolerance · understanding
Constructing anew after destruction
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
rehabilitation · development · investment · housing · restoration · demining · roads · schools
Negotiation between nations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- early-warningAdvance notification of danger
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- confidence-buildingDeveloping faith in oneself
peacekeeping
Preventing or ending conflict
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
DDR · monitoring · policing · governance · institution-building · power-sharing · elections · democratization · sovereignty · legitimacy
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
apology · trust-building · mediation · accountability · justice · reintegration · coexistence · tolerance · understanding · compromise
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
redevelopment · rehabilitation · development · investment · housing · restoration · demining · roads · schools · hospitals
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- early-warningAdvance notification of danger
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
postconflictpre-war
Before a conflict
prewar · wartime · antebellum · peacetime
postconflictat war
In armed conflict
war-torn · conflict zone · hostilities · belligerent · embattled
post, conflict, conflicted, conflicting, conflicts, postwar, posttraumatic, afflict, affliction