From the Westphalian Peace to strategies for peace in a post-Westphalian environment / Volker Rittberger -- Reconstructing the liberal peace / Oliver Richmond -- Global political violence : explaining the post-Cold War decline / Andrew Mack -- UN peace operations : operational expansion and political fragmentation? / Richard Gowan -- The European Union's normative strategy for sustainable peace / Ian Manners -- Stabilizing fragile states in Sub-Saharan Africa : towards a new role of regional organizations / Tobias Debiel, Christof Hartmann and Anne Herm -- Hegemonic states as pacifying powers : why it may be difficult to count on the United States / Michael Mastanduno -- Addressing fragile statehood : dilemmas and strategies of international statebuilding / Ulrich Schneckener -- Civil society and peacebuilding : potentials and limits / Martina Fischer -- Reconciliaton / David Bloomfield -- Post-conflict peacebuilding : the roles of ownership and coordination / Michael Zürn and Anna Herrhausen.