The Fifty-Year Arc

A Practitioner’s Adventure with Peace Processes

The Fifty-Year Arc: A Practitioner’s Adventure with Peace Processes
“Interdependence does not bend to singular control.”

Are we facing the dusk or the dawn of peace processes and global peacebuilding efforts?
In this episode of the Kroc Cast, renowned scholar-practitioner Dr. John Paul Lederach invites listeners to reflect on his half-century arc of experience in the field and challenges us to confront the core tensions of peacemaking in a time of crisis.

This episode was recorded live at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies’ Strategic Peacebuilding Academy on “Peace Processes” in 2025.

Lederach, John Paul. “The Fifty-Year Arc: A Practitioner’s Adventure with Peace Processes.” Keynote. Kroc Institute Strategic Peacebuilding Academy, University of Notre Dame, May 21, 2025.

Shared with the permission of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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