International peacekeeping and the war in Eastern Ukraine: are there any points of contact? Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in the settlement of the “Ukrainian conflict” Cover Image

International peacekeeping and the war in Eastern Ukraine: are there any points of contact? Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in the settlement of the “Ukrainian conflict”
International peacekeeping and the war in Eastern Ukraine: are there any points of contact? Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in the settlement of the “Ukrainian conflict”

Author(s): Vasyl Filipchuk, Olena Zakharova, Yevhen Yaroshenko
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: МЦПД Міжнародний центр перспективних досліджень
Summary/Abstract: The Minsk agreements contributed to the transformation of the war in eastern Ukraine into a conflict of low intensity but did not lead to the restoration of peace, or even a sustainable truce. Within the existing negotiation processeither the Trilateral Contact Group or the “Normandy Four” format – the parties failed to propose an effective way to restore peace and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Additionally, the logic of the negotiation process set by the Minsk agreements has a very limited capacity to achieve results that are in the interests of our country. Currently, international participation in the conflict settlement is limited to the monitoring of the conflict and the facilitation of OSCE contact group activities. Meanwhile, some forms of international engagement that are officially requested by Ukraine cannot be used in the present situation and the state of conflict, and other forms are just ignored. This research is intended to outline the existing forms and means of international peacekeeping activities, explain their compliance with the existing settlement process and propose a number of ideas to enhance the use of diplomatic tools to resolve conflict in accordance with the interests of Ukraine.

  • Page Count: 29
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Language: English