A Prelude to Revisionism? The Stalemated Peace Model and the Emergence of Multipolarity in International Order

The dominant research methodologies, conceptual, and practical doctrines of the post- Cold War order related to peacemaking have indicated a convergence around limited goals for peacemaking, peace missions, international mediation, and conflict resolution. Such problem-solving approaches, which operate within the often contradictory frameworks of the liberal international order, Realism, multipolarity and geopolitical pragmatism, have led to unintended consequences because of such parsimony. This paper examines the post-Cold War consequences of the dominant developments in peacemaking and related UN and other peace approaches in practice and in theory. It focuses on the related emergence of the concept of ‘stalemated peace’ (SP).