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To mark the one year anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Global Dispatches has teamed up with the podcast Inside Geneva to bring you a live recording in which host Imogen Foulkes is joined by conflict resolution experts to discuss the prospects for peace \u2013 and how it can be won.\xa0\xa0

\u201cThe fact that we\u2019re talking about the possibility of using nuclear weapons, the fact that we\u2019re talking about the possibility of the United States and China going to war over Taiwan; it\u2019s frightening,\u201d says Katia Papagianni, director of Policy and Mediation Support at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

\u201cThere is a concept that has been floating around in academia for many years called a hurting stalemate, when the two parties decide that enough is enough. And we are clearly not at this hurting stalemate,\u201d says Keith Krause, director of the Centre on Conflict, Development, and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute Geneva (IHEID).

What does a lasting peace look like?

\u201cPeace is beyond the absence of violence. It\u2019s really about access to justice, economic opportunities, security, and pluralism,\u201d says Hiba Qasas, executive director of the Principles for Peace Initiative.

\u201cSustainable peace needs to include the youth, it needs to inform the youth, and it needs to educate the youth; so inclusion, information, and education,\u201d says Shefali Kaur Nandhra, a graduate student in sustainable development at IHEID.

Are there good examples from the past?\xa0

\u201cThere are, of course, some success stories. I think the Colombian process, we have a lot to learn from that, and not just because it was locally driven,\u201d says Krause.

\u201cAs someone who grew up in conflict, my concern is not only about the battlefield, but also about all the insidious impacts that come after the guns have been silenced,\u201d says Qasas.

Once you listen to this episode, please be sure to subscribe to Inside Geneva wherever you find podcasts.\xa0

Inside Geneva is produced by SwissInfo, a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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