The pursuit of a decolonial peacebuilding is an urgent agenda given the failures and inability of state-centric liberal peacebuilding in achieving and consolidating peaceful societies across the world, notably in the post-colonial regions of the world. This policy brief assesses why an interrogation of the Eurocentric roots of state-centric liberal peacebuilding is necessary if strategies are to be developed to more effectively decolonise the Global North, which drives the global peacebuilding agenda.

About the author

Prof. Tim Murithi is Head of Programme, Peacebuilding Interventions, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Pages: 8
Date of publication: 2025