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Author Biography

César Niño is Associate Professor of International Relations in the Faculty of Economics, Business and Sustainable Development at Universidad de La Salle (Colombia). He holds a Ph.D. in International Law from Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (Spain). He he is Ph.D (c) in International Peace and Conflict Studies at the Universitat Jaume I (Spain). He holds a M.A. in Security and National Defense from the Escuela Superior de Guerra (Colombia). He studied Politics and International Relations at Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Colombia).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.17.2.2209

Subject Area Keywords

Conflict studies, Gangs and criminal organizations, Governance and rule of law, Homeland security, Irregular warfare, Latin America, Nonstate actors, Peace studies, Political violence, Security policy

Abstract

This research asks why peace has not come to Colombia despite the end of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Total Peace is an ambitious project of Gustavo Petro’s government to build the elusive peace in Colombia. However, the country's current security and violence situation shows a crisis in realizing the peace project. New criminal actors are proliferating, massacres are increasing, the confinement of marginal populations is on the rise, and ambushes against members of the security forces continue. The disconnection of the Total Peace policy with the security and defense policy has led to the strengthening of armed structures and the non-compliance of some agreements by criminals with the negotiation processes. The article finds that violence against the state has decreased, but criminal violence against the civilian population has increased. The research concludes by identifying why more armed peace exists than Total Peace. Therefore, the Petro government must implement actions to reorient its peace strategy in the country.

Disclaimer

This article does not present a conflict of interest.

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