2025 was not the year wars ended, but it was a rare year of real peace shifts.
For the first time in decades, several “generational” conflicts moved out of their armed phase at once. In Turkey, the 41-year war with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) ended: a ceasefire was announced, the organization dissolved itself, and a reintegration process began. Between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after nearly 37 years of confrontation, the past year passed without combat deaths for the first time and was marked by the signing of a peace declaration. In Colombia, where the conflict lasted more than 60 years, stable ceasefire regimes, real disarmament of some factions, and a noticeable structural reduction in violence were achieved for the first time.
This is not peace everywhere, but it is a rare moment when long-running conflicts began to be genuinely resolved. The past year in politics was not a year of triumphs, but a year of stabilization. It showed that diplomacy is still alive, that institutions can be repaired rather than only broken, and that even in a difficult world, positive shifts are possible without grand slogans.
