The “latecomers” of Bougainville: The difficult completion of post-conflict disarmament processes

Bajon, Theò

doi:10.35467/sdq/172296

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The “latecomers” of Bougainville: The difficult completion of post-conflict disarmament processes

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Bajon Theò

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10.35467/sdq/172296

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Post-conflict disarmament processes inherently grapple with definitional challenges regarding definitive endpoints and measures of completion. This paper examines the phenomenon of delayed disarmament through the case study of so-called “latecomers” in Bougainville—ex-combatants who voluntarily surrendered their weapons following the cessation of formal demobilisation, disarmament, and reintegration programming. This study proposes a behavioural model that conceptualises late comer decisionmaking dynamics pertaining to temporary small arms retention. Pivoting upon an iterated security dilemma framework, the model posits that contextual environmental stressors and temporal factors serve as key variables initially sustaining weapons possession in the absence of hostilities. However, this intermediate status carries risks of eventual escalation to renewed violence or protracted and arduous disarmament engagement. The latecomer case reveals the inherent fluidity and uncertainties surrounding delimitations of the disarmament process. Further interrogating ex-combatant dilemmas could strengthen post-conflict policy and practice. Fundamentally, this research demonstrates the enduring temporal ambiguities inherent to disarmament, highlighting the need for pluralistic understandings attentive to issues of indigeneity, humanity, and interpretive meaning central to sustainable peace-building.

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disarmament peacebuilding DDR processes conflict ex-combatant behaviour

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Akademia Sztuki Wojennej

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Security and Defence Quarterly

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2024

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Vol. 45, No. 1

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82--96

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Bibliogr. 41 poz., rys.

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Bajon Theò

theo.bajon@un.org

Center for Research on International Security and European Cooperation, 1133 Rue des Résidences, 38400 Saint-Martin d’Hères (France)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3376-2859

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