Monalisa Adhikari, "A Post-Liberal Peace: How Emergent Powers Are Reshaping Global Conflict Management" (Cornell UP, 2026)
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Dr. Monalisa Adhikari discusses how rising powers like India and China are reshaping global peace governance and conflict management.
In A Post-Liberal Peace: How Emergent Powers Are Reshaping Global Conflict Management (Cornell UP, 2026), Dr. Monalisa Adhikari shows how rising powers like India and China are reshaping global peace governance. Over recent decades, both countries have deepened engagement with institutions built on liberal principles, including those related to peacebuilding. Their growing role raises critical questions about how their approaches diverge from liberal models and their impact on the domestic politics of conflict-affected states. Focusing on India and China's involvement in peace processes in Nepal and Myanmar, Dr. Adhikari demonstrates that these powers advance distinctive, state-centered programs that privilege regional stakeholders, stability, development, and pragmatism. Operating under conditions of "negotiated coexistence" with liberal peacebuilders, their initiatives neither fully align with nor openly contest existing actors, limiting cooperation while avoiding confrontation. This pluralized form of international engagement enables domestic elites to resist external pressures, producing hybrid peace orders that incorporate some liberal elements yet remain largely…
People in this episode
Host: Miranda Melcher
Guest: Monalisa Adhikari
Topics covered
- global conflict management
- emergent powers
- peace governance
- liberal peacebuilding
- regional stability
- hybrid peace orders
Keywords
- post-liberal peace
- India
- China
- peace processes
- conflict-affected states
- negotiated coexistence
- peacebuilding
- multipolar world
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cornell UP
Places: India, China, Nepal, Myanmar
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