Description
International intervention in conflict-affected societies for peacebuilding has become a conventional practice in contemporary world politics. While many scholars, especially from the global South, have characterised the dominant paradigm(s) in these operations as neo-imperial and clamoured for decolonising approaches, the response to this call within the international peacebuilding community is underexplored. This paper explores the advocacy for decolonising peace(building) interventions, demonstrates how it has met with apathy in the international peacebuilding community, and offers insights into why this apathy will not disappear soon. It argues that the current lack of interest in decolonising projects within the international peacebuilding community will not fade away soon due to the strong contentment with the dominant Eurocentric epistemic order. Overall, this analysis aims to contribute to the emerging scholarship on the disconnect between the scholarly and policy communities on the pathways to sustaining peace(building).
