Laura Wise co-authors new paper on peacemaking for British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Tue 17 February 2026
The British Academy and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace have published new research co-authored by Edinburgh Law School’s Senior Research Fellow Laura Wise, as part of the Global (Dis)Order programme. The programme aims to “provide rigorous, objective, evidence-based analysis of the shifting dynamics of global orders from regional, multidisciplinary, sectoral and temporal perspectives” to support policymakers to navigate new global orders.
In the discussion paper ‘Peace Process Lite: When global fragmentation meets conflict fragmentation’, Dr Monalisa Adhikari, Dr Jennifer Hodge - from the University of Stirling and Laura Wise draw on PeaceRep’s Myanmar research, arguing that fragmentation has led to new pragmatic and reductionist forms of conflict resolution, marked by stabilisation, short-termism, ad hoc institutional arrangements, and transactional mediation relationships.
The co-authors suggest that this approach to peacemaking has emerged as an alternative to multilaterally-driven comprehensive peace processes and is contextually defined, localised, regionalised, and adapted, presenting both opportunities and challenges for policymakers and peacebuilders.
The research is published as part of the volume ‘Understanding the interlocking shifts, actors and institutions contributing to peace and security today’, which includes papers on UN peacekeeping, Ukraine, Artificial Intelligence, armed groups, and humanitarianism.
Find out more about the Global (Dis)Order programme by visiting this web page: The British Academy - Global (Dis)Order
Learn more about PeaceRep's Myanmar research on their website: PeaceRep - Myanmar