Peacebuilding and Political Parties

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19H01460
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: Higashi Daisaku 上智大学, グローバル教育センター, 教授 (90608168)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 和平調停 / 平和構築 / 国際関係論 / 南スーダン / アフガニスタン / ウクライナ / シリア / イラク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

After conducting field research until 2019, I published the Japanese book, titled "Mediation and Civil Wars: How Can We End the Modern Wars?"(Chuko Sinsho) in January 2020. The book was introduced by Yomiuri Newspaper, Mainichi Newspaper, and about 30 local newspapers as Kyodo distributed the book review to these local newspapers. I also published my second English book, "Inclusivity in Mediation and Peacebuilding: UN, Neighboring States, and Global Powers" from Edward Elgar in UK in January 2022. After ending the pandemic of COVID-19, I resumed my field research in 2022, and visited Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Moldova to share my research outcomes by having many lectures in these countries, as well as to conduct field research on the War in Ukraine. Based on these field research and my accumulated work on mediation and peacebuilding, I published the latest Japanese book, "How Can We End the War in Ukraine?: Difficulty and Potential of Peace Negotiations" from Iwanami Shinsho.

Free Research Field

和平調停、平和構築

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

2020年に出版した「内戦と和平」（中公新書）と、2022年の英著"Inclusivity in Mediation and Peacebuilding" (Edward Elgar)は、まだ戦闘が続いている間の和平交渉のプロセスにおけるInclusivity（包摂性）と、紛争がいったん停止し持続的平和を作るプロセス（平和構築のプロセス）における包摂性の性質の違いや、どういった方策が有効かという課題について、世界でも最も最先端の議論を提示できたと考えている。またその理論を応用し、ウクライナ戦争の終結に向けた議論に23年に出版した拙著で一石を投じたことも社会的意義が大きいと考えている。