POPULISM AND PEACEMAKING

Dana M. Landau; Lior Lehrs

doi:10.4324/9781003414797-39

POPULISM AND PEACEMAKING

Dana M. Landau, Lior Lehrs

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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In this chapter, we study the role of populist leaders engaging as third parties in international mediation, a phenomenon which we term ‘populist peacemaking’. We illustrate this with examples of peace initiatives pursued by US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdğan in conflicts such as Kosovo-Serbia, Israel-Palestine, and Russia-Ukraine. We identify populists peacemaking in a rejection of what is viewed as the peacemaking ‘establishment’, and with that of established norms and best-practices; in a mediation style that puts the populist mediator, rather than the conflict issues or parties centre stage; as well as in appeals to the volonté générale, or the needs of the people in respective conflict areas, distancing oneself from supposed elite interests. We argue that the phenomenon of populist peacemaking, while sharing many features with illiberal approaches to peace, should be classed as a distinct phenomenon.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy
Pages	606-622
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040380642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003414797-39
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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General Arts and Humanities

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