Assignment task:
Context: In 1997 Roland Paris wrote:
"The central tenet of this paradigm is the assumption that the surest foundation for peace ... is a market democracy, that is, a liberal domestic polity and market-oriented economy ... Peacebuilding is in effect an enormous experiment that involves transplanting western models of social, political, and economic organization into war-shattered states in order to control civil conflict: in other words, pacification through political and economic liberalization."
Question: In the light of events of the past decades and current events, how well is this "experiment" working? What are the reasons for its success? And the reasons for its failure? What alternatives are there, if any, for successful peacebuilding?
Answer in a concise essay manner, it should show that you have deeper understanding of the geopolitical landscape. NO AI