But if cool heads prevail, peacemaking metaphors could yet become as pervasive as today's bellicose ones.
Many think of mediation as a thing to use for labor disputes or international peacemaking.
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In practice, such linkage could spell the end of peacemaking for the foreseeable future.
The French will provide most of the troops for a 1, 400-strong peacemaking force with a weak mandate.
The most virtuous course would be an even-handed act of peacemaking by a multi-African force probably led by Mr Kabila.
To some extent she has taken the role by default, as America has stepped back from peacemaking.
It operates mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and works across health, education, agriculture, peacemaking, emergencies, economic empowerment and the environment.
Just last month, ASEAN and the UN held a workshop together in Jakarta on conflict prevention, peacemaking and peacebuilding.
They have seen a 60% average reduction in incidents of violence, and a 70-80% increase in instances of peacemaking.
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As the island-province's economic czar, he has dabbled (so far unsuccessfully) in peacemaking.
Mr Meshal also points to a split in the peacemaking Quartet of the EU, Russia, the UN and the United States.
And it seems to me that this is essentially a peacemaking force.
Between his two assignments in Afghanistan, he was as undersecretary-general for special assignments in support of the secretary-general's preventive and peacemaking efforts.
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development is the forum for peacemaking in Sudan, and is so far doing its work through diplomacy alone.
Eric Dawson and Peace First are building change-makers by teaching children to be peacemakers and adults to value and teach peacemaking.
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The starkest failure was peacemaking in Palestine, which Mr Obama made a priority but where American peacemaking had in effect collapsed by 2011.
Ms Livni's assertion that Mr Netanyahu was unenthusiastic about peacemaking echoed sentiments addressed to Israelis on October 28th by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
It may be no coincidence that some of the most promising peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians took place soon after the cold war ended.
For France, it is a pivotal part of its peacemaking diplomacy by reining in Hizbullah without requiring it, as America and Israel would like, to be crushed.
Some of his age-old detractors think that he, like other Israeli hawks before him, could yet surprise everyone with a bid for a place in peacemaking history.
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The success of the peacemaking mission in Sierra Leone has given heart to all who think that the rich world's military power should be used to rescue "failed states".
Israel's prime minister has also arranged to meet Germany's chancellor and France's president, and has sent envoys around the world to persuade people that his peacemaking zeal is sincere.
But he still fears that the United States may be so preoccupied with fighting terrorism that it will be loth to get stuck into Middle East peacemaking at the same time.
Working without pay, he juggled peacemaking with his regular job as a Washington lawyer, while navigating family crises, including his brother's death, his wife's miscarriage and the birth of their first child in October.
Britain, which is the biggest aid donor to Myanmar, will also offer aid to support peacemaking in parts of the country torn by ethnic conflict and back responsible investment in the country, Cameron said.
His return thwarted, Mr Zelaya met Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, and agreed to mediation by Mr Arias, who won a Nobel prize for his peacemaking efforts in Central America in the 1980s.
If the path to talks with the Palestinians is irreparably damaged, though, Israel may find it expedient to restart work on a deal with Syria - and a new, different era of peacemaking could begin.
Without a valid idea of why the Arabs and the Jews are fighting, U.S. peacemaking efforts, no matter how intense and well-motivated, are unlikely to allay the grievances that underlie the 100-year conflict between Arabs and Jews over Palestine.
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