# Coffee and Conversation #### calendar\_today Date and Time **April 9, 2026** 10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)** [1737 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States ]() ## Challenges to Conflict Mediation in a Fragmenting International System The speaker will outline some of the major international developments that have challenged the practice of conflict mediation in recent years – including the return of geopolitics, the proliferation of armed conflicts, erosion of long-accepted norms in international relations, and increasing competition in the mediation space. He will reflect on how mediators will need to adapt to this changing context - which presents opportunities as well as challenges - in order to ensure that their peacemaking tools remain fit for purpose for the dangerous decades ahead. ### Speaker - Paul Dziatkowiec, Director of Mediation and Peace Support, Geneva Centre for Security Policy. ### Contact **Walid Hammam** [walid\_hammam@wcfia.harvard.edu](mailto:walid_hammam@wcfia.harvard.edu) See also:- [ Academic Year 2025-26 ](/academic-year/academic-year-2025-26) - [ Open to the public ](/events/open-public) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://scholarsprogram.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/1918286/event-feed.ics) Copy link link