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Conflict Regions and Peacebuilding during the Pandemic.

On July 2 Caucasian House organized the online discussion “Conflict regions and Peacebuilding during Pandemic. ” It has been already half year the world has been living in the global pandemic. COVID-19 has created new challenges in all areas of human existence. Recent reports of Global Peace Index Analysis indicate that “peacefulness” is expected to drop globally as a result of COVID-19. The predictions are that the coronavirus pandemic will lead to an increase in political instability, civil unrest and violence, undoing many years of development. Peacebuilding processes have been impacted due to travel restrictions across the globe as peace negotiations, mediations, face-to-face dialogue meetings have been canceled and postponed. Conflict regions of the South Caucasus - Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh - are also dealing with new challenges. International isolation, poorly developed healthcare systems, and population aging make these regions particularly vulnerable; Humanitarian catastrophe can be avoided though cooperation and by finding common ways to solve the problem. The discussion focused on the epidemiological situation in the conflict regions of the South Caucasus, the practices of cooperation between the de facto and central governments, and the new challenges in the peacebuilding processes. Speakers: • Olesya Vartanyan, International Crisis Group, Senior analyst, South Caucasus • Isabella Jean, Independent Consultant & Adjunct Faculty, Brandeis Heller School for Social Policy & Management Facilitator: • Vano Abramashvili, Caucasian House, Executive Director The discussion was held in the frames of the project “Youth Dialogue for Civic Action”, implemented by the International Alert and Caucasian House, with the support of USAID.