Peace has a better chance to take root in eastern Congo now than at any time since thecycle of conflict began in the early to mid-1990s. Building on the Kampala-based talkswith the M23 rebel group, which are too narrow to achieve peace and stability in theeast, the African Union and U.N. Special Envoy Mary Robinson have a window to establish a more comprehensive and inclusive peace process that addresses the core drivers ofviolence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC. This window, however, willnot remain open indefinitely