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“...international peacebuilders usually arrive in new theaters of deployment with a clear sense of belonging to a specific group – a group markedly different from local populations.”

Foreign Policy Foreign Aid International Intervention Interveners Peacebuilders

Book:Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention

Source: Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention

“Not all good things come together, and we can't have it all tomorrow. Remarkable interveners understand that building peace sometimes requires baby steps, and they look to local people as a guide for which foot to start on.”

International Peace Peacebuilding Grassroots Organizing Grassroots Advocacy International Intervention

Book:The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World

Source: The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World

“Model interveners often challenge the enduring stereotypes about local people. They point to authorities who have the expertise, competence, motivation, and work ethic essential to peacebuilding, and to ordinary citizens who are intelligent, selfless, and trustworthy. They emphasize that host populations have far more relevant knowledge, contacts, and means to resolve their own predicaments than interveners usually believe.”

Peace International Peace Peacebuilding International Intervention

Book:The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World

Source: The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World