Violent clashes over Nagorno Karabakh in Fall 2020 before the agreement over a Russia-led peacekeeping operation was reached raised the question about the toolkit of mediators in the frozen and hot conflicts. Are traditional diplomatic methods still effective? Do we need new approaches to conflict mediation in the era of social media when the “CNN effect” turns into live streaming?

The joint GCSP-MGIMO University webinar “Conflicts in Eurasia: Best practices in dialogue and mediation from other regions of the world” will discuss tools for the peaceful settlement and mediation of conflicts in Eurasia and other regions of the world, and try to discover best practices which might potentially be helpful in the cases of hot and frozen conflicts in Eurasia.

This event will be the third in the series of joint webinars co-organized by the GCSP and the MGIMO University. It is free and conducted in English. It will start at 14:30, Geneva time (CET)

Moderator:

• Dr Yulia Nikitina, Leading Research Fellow, MGIMO University

Introductory remarks:

• Ms Alexandra Matas, Head, Effective Governance, GCSP

Speakers:

• Dr Sergey Markedonov, MGIMO University
• Mr Denis Matveev
• Dr Julia Palmiano Federer, Swisspeace.