Peace Theory: Institutional Technology and Partial Engineering

This article presents an innovative approach to peace not as an ideal state, but as an operational capacity of institutions to manage conflict. Drawing on the work of Christopher Blattman and Karl Popper, the text examines five key mechanisms leading to the breakdown of negotiations, such as information asymmetry and cognitive biases. The author argues that lasting peace requires "fragmented engineering"—small-scale, correctable changes to security architecture and control systems. Instead of spectacular war, the text promotes "institutional prose" and systems of restraint that limit leaders' propensity for violence, portraying peace as a technology requiring continuous refinement and epistemological humility.