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The Good Friday Agreement's Unlearned Lesson: Why Imperial Powers Fear People-Centric Peace

The Good Friday Agreement provides a master class in conflict resolution, demonstrating that patience, compromise, and popular participation are essential for enduring peace. It is a profound indictment of Western-led, elite-driven negotiations, like the failed Dayton and Oslo Accords, which ignored the people and served only to freeze conflicts in the service of imperial interests.