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==Overview== Ceasefire agreements are more likely to be reached when the costs of conflict are high and when the actors in a conflict have lower [[audience cost]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Clayton |first1=Govinda |last2=Nygård |first2=Håvard Mokleiv |last3=Rustad |first3=Siri A. |last4=Strand |first4=Håvard |date=2022 |title=Costs and Cover: Explaining the Onset of Ceasefires in Civil Conflict |journal=Journal of Conflict Resolution |volume=67 |issue=7–8 |pages=1296–1324 |language=en |doi=10.1177/00220027221129195 |s2cid=252739885 |issn=0022-0027|doi-access=free |hdl=10852/99393 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Scholars emphasize that war termination is more likely to occur when actors have more information about each other, when actors can make credible commitments, and when the domestic political situation makes it possible for leaders to make war termination agreements without incurring domestic punishment.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-09-29 |title=How the War in Ukraine Might End |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/how-the-war-in-ukraine-might-end |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> By one estimate, there were at least 2202 ceasefires across 66 countries in 109 civil conflicts over the period 1989–2020.<ref name=":2" />
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