Peacebuilding: A Comparative Analysis

Since the mid of the previous century, the phenomena of rising new discourses has not stopped. And all discourses are a recap of the previous ones but in a modernized way, which can delude societies in order to believe in the development flam. Peacebuilding is one of the discourses that has been risen to stop the bloody war and command indirectly under the slogan of peacebuilding. Many articles talked on this topic and tried hard to focus on the bright side of peacebuilding and exhibit real cases. From these listless articles, I will critically review two of them in a way to show how the concept and practices are on the ground.

An article was written by Vincent Chetail and Oliver Jütersonke which titled “ Peacebuilding: A Review of the Academic

Rather more, rising concepts within the field such as; human security which has been adopted by the West’s analysis of how to promote violence reduction, particularly in conflict zones and fragile states. Taking a step further and securing the population, that was by the “Modern counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN)” which is based on the idea that successfully securing a population and immunizing it against unrest requires serious and extensive strategies in the realm of governance, development, and security. of course, counterinsurgency is not the language used by the development community. The preferred labels in the development and peacebuilding lexicon is that of the so-called ‘security/development nexus’. Ending in a holistic global stability being sought is to be underpinned by justice, equality, and self-determination.

To take the socio-economic life within the peacebuilding context; the western model which characterized by democracy, human rights, free markets, development, a vibrant civil society, and multilateralism. And the western donor led seeks to successfully immunize countries against uprisings by ensuring control over the economic, political, and military spheres through development aid, supporting sympathetic elites, and military assistance. In fact, peacebuilding policies and practices which have assisted in securing the population and

The first article connected it to political and economic liberalization. But the unequal power between conflict parties will let the socio-economic reality to be stark. Employment opportunities may be scarce, and a labor force with the necessary skill sets unavailable. And even in the recovery period A host of programming elements and policies will need to be aligned in order to create the economic conditions . this goes beyond fiscal strategies to include the repatriation of flight capital, accountable governance of extractive industries, and the effective management of infrastructural projects and construction