peace process

noun

: the steps that are taken by countries or groups that are trying to end a war

Examples of peace process in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Building Peace in Yemen From the Ground Up From the beginning, the peace process in Yemen has suffered from faulty assumptions and out-of-date-analysis. Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024 Image Like many of his generation, Mr. McCann’s life was shaped not only by the Troubles, but also by the peace process that eventually ended the conflict. Megan Specia, New York Times, 7 June 2024 By Yasmeen Serhan May 22, 2024 10:20 AM EDT Since 1948, Palestinians living in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza have remained effectively stateless, caught in the limbo of a decades-long peace process that has yielded neither peace nor a state to call their own. Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 22 May 2024 The result: In 1992 Israeli voters abandoned Shamir and elected Yitzhak Rabin, leading to the Oslo peace process, the peace treaty with Jordan, and an economic boom as the world opened up to Israel. Matthew Weinstein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024 An inclusive and lengthy peace process then developed, with representatives from all sides in the conflict involved in crafting the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Richard English, TIME, 17 May 2024 The struggling peace process had come to a complete halt amid the violence, and Sharon’s rise at first appeared to mark another victory for the settlers. Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Acts of terrorism and the rise of extremist forces on each side led to the end of the Oslo peace process, but in hindsight, the plan had never had much chance of success. Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 Following the first intifada, which erupted in 1987, the United States began to bring together leaders from the Middle East and the rest of the world to collaborate on a peace process. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024

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“Peace process.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20process. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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