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Book Synopsis Creating Peace in Sri Lanka by : Robert I. Rotberg
Download or read book Creating Peace in Sri Lanka written by Robert I. Rotberg and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Lanka, one of the most promising states in Asia following independence in 1948, has been torn apart for the past fifteen years by a vicious civil war. The majority Sinhala and minority Tamils have killed each other with increasing ferocity. The Tamils, who are primarily Hindu, fear losing their identity and being overwhelmed by the majority, who are Buddhist. The Sinhala, in turn, fear that the Tamils, with the backing of their ethnic kin in the Indian province of Tamil Nadu, will destabilize and take over control of the Sri Lankan government. Colonial-era rivalries and deep-rooted distrust fuel the tensions. What will bring about an end to this destructive conflict, and how will the island nation heal its physical and psychic wounds following a peace? How will a sustainable peace be arranged? Can mediation help? This book of essays by Sri Lankan and Western authors examines the causes of war and the possibilities for peace. Contributors are Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University; Rohan Edrisinha, University of Colombo; Saman Kelegama, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka; David Little, United States Institute of Peace; Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, Columbia University; Teresita C. Schaffer, former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka; David Scott, Johns Hopkins University; Donald R. Snodgrass, Harvard Institute for International Development; Jayadeva Uyangoda, Sri Lanka Foundation; William Weisberg and Donna Hicks, Harvard University. A World Peace Foundation Book
Book Synopsis Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by : Rajesh Venugopal
Download or read book Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka written by Rajesh Venugopal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka.
Book Synopsis Liberal Peace In Question by : Kristian Stokke
Download or read book Liberal Peace In Question written by Kristian Stokke and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book uses Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at negotiating peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to examine the politics of state and market reforms towards liberal peace. Sri Lanka is seen as a critical case that demonstrates key characteristics and shortcomings of liberal peace, vividly demonstrated by internationally facilitated elite negotiations and donor-funded neoliberal development.
Book Synopsis Politics of Conflict and Peace in Sri Lanka by : P. Sahadevan
Download or read book Politics of Conflict and Peace in Sri Lanka written by P. Sahadevan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the manner in which Sri Lanka has missed numerous opportunities to secure peace between its two principal ethnic communities and how the intractable ethnic conflict has placed the country in a dire state. It provides an institutionalist explanation to the conflict, examines the Sinhalese-Tamil divisions that were exacerbated due to linguistic nationalism, and evaluates the extent to which the island’s political structure encouraged ethnocentrism. It also makes clear how such ethnocentrism has contributed to illiberal democracy and political decay. Furthermore, the book analyzes how both military and political strategies have failed to end the ethnic war and provides a structural explanation for the LTTE’s resistance to accept a negotiated peace, which would require the group to step back from its stated goal of creating a separate state. India’s shifting policy vis-à-vis the conflict is also examined in the context of its contrasting responses and postures—intervention in the 1980s and non-intervention currently.
Book Synopsis Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka by : Kumar Rupesinghe
Download or read book Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka written by Kumar Rupesinghe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Book Synopsis Envisioning New Trajectories for Peace in Sri Lanka by :
Download or read book Envisioning New Trajectories for Peace in Sri Lanka written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To End a Civil War written by Mark Salter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers at the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. But prior to this grim finale, for some time there had been hope for a peaceful end to the conflict. Beginning with a ceasefire agreement in early 2002, for almost five years a series of peace talks between the two sides took place in locations ranging from Thailand and Japan to Norway, Germany and Switzerland. To End a Civil War tells the story of trying to bring peace to Sri Lanka. In particular it tells the story of how a faraway European nation--Norway--came to play a central role in efforts to end the conflict, and what its small, dedicated team of mediators did in their untiring efforts to reach what ultimately proved the elusive goal of a negotiated peace. In doing so it fills a critical gap in our understanding of the Sri Lankan conflict. But it also illuminates in detail a much wider problem: the intense fragility that surrounds peace processes and the extraordinary lengths to which their proponents often stretch in order to secure their progress.
Book Synopsis Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka by : Jonathan Goodhand
Download or read book Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka written by Jonathan Goodhand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire agreement, signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of peace talks, but growing political violence, disagreements over core issues and a fragmentation of the constituencies of the key parties led to an eventual breakdown. In the wake of the failed peace process a new government pursued a highly effective ‘war for peace’ leading to the military defeat of the LTTE on the battlefields of the north east in May 2009. This book brings together a unique range of perspectives on this problematic and ultimately unsuccessful peace process. The contributions are based upon extensive field research and written by leading Sri Lankan and international researchers and practitioners. The framework of ‘liberal peacebuilding’ provides an analytical starting point for exploring the complex and unpredictable interactions between international and domestic players during the war-peace-war period. The lessons drawn from the Sri Lankan case have important implications in the context of wider debates on the ‘liberal peace’ and post conflict peacebuilding – particularly as these debates have largely been shaped by the ‘high profile’ cases such as Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. This book is of interest not only to Sri Lanka specialists but also to the wider policy/practitioner audience, and is a useful contribution to South Asian studies.
Book Synopsis Sri Lanka, Peace Without Process by : B. Raman
Download or read book Sri Lanka, Peace Without Process written by B. Raman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sri Lankan Pot Continues To Boil. Although The Ceasefire Agreement Of February 2002 Between The Government In Colombo And The Ltte Has Helped Bring Down Temperatures, A Permanent Political Settlement Remains, At Best, A Hope With More Complexities Entering The Arena With Each Passing Day.To Take Stock Of The Situation And To Draw Lessons For The Future, The Chennai Chapter Of The Observer Research Foundation Organized An International Seminar On Sri Lanka : Ceasefire And After In September 2003, Two Years Have Passed Since, Yet, The Progonosis For The Future Made At The Time Remains More Valid Than Ever. The Book Gives New Insights Into An Existing Problem, The Contours Of Which Have Not Changed Much. The Interplay Of Domestic Politics, Sub-Continental Relevance And The Increasing International Interest In The Indian Ocean Neighbourhood, Coupled With The Post-9/11 Global View Of Terrorism, Have Contributed To This Continued Interest In The Evolving Situation In Sri Lanka. A Product Of Collective Wisdom, This Book Aims At Addressing These Issues As Comprehensively And As Extensively And As Extensively As Possible.
Book Synopsis Reconciliation in Sri Lanka by : Marcel Reymond
Download or read book Reconciliation in Sri Lanka written by Marcel Reymond and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2012 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: A, , course: INTL5550, language: English, abstract: On May 18, 2009 the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and ended a 30-year conflict. The way the final phase of the war was fought, how it ended and what happened with the Tamil civilians and LTTE combatants at the end of the hostilities became a controversial issue. The Security Council (SC) considered the war and the internments of the internally displaced people (IDP) as an internal matter. The GoSL always called the final stage of the war a “humanitarian rescue operation” and presented its actions as part of a large hostage rescue operation (This was based on the well-known fact that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were holding back civilians in its territory). At the end of the hostilities, civilians were put in overcrowded, closed camps for “InternalIy Displaced Persons” (IDPs) with limited humanitarian assistance where they were exposed to harassment by security forces who were looking for LTTE fighters likely to be hiding among them. After more than a year, on June 22, 2010 the SG announced the appointment of an ‘Experts’ Panel’ to inform him of the progress of the commitment made by the GoSL after his visit in 2009. The UN Panel of Experts completed its report at the end of March 2011 and made it public on April 25. The Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission's (LLRC) accountability initiative had by then conducted eight months of public hearings and the GoSL was very concerned that the earlier publication of the UN Panel report would compromise its domestic driven initiative. Past events are the underlying cause for a need for a reconciliation process. They are well documented and the author has referred to them when strengthening or clarifying an argument. The length of this document does not however, allow for a detailed account of the conflict history in Sri Lanka. This essay will firstly analyze the process that led to the establishment of the LLRC and its working modalities including its mandate. Secondly, it will critically assess the final report and a selection of LLRC major findings of the LLRC. It will then discuss some key elements, based on the framework of restorative justice, which could be deemed essential for an improved reconciliation process in Sri Lanka. As a conclusion, it will propose required key short- and long-term policy changes in order to facilitate the reconciliation process.
Book Synopsis Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts by : Chanaka Talpahewa
Download or read book Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts written by Chanaka Talpahewa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have we reached an end to the era of peaceful third party intervention in conflict management and resolution? In the 1990s, with the ending of the Cold War, the intervention of third parties as a non-violent means of negotiating settlements of intra-state conflicts gained prominence but the emphasis in the twenty-first century has been increasingly on military responses. Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts: Norwegian Involvement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process is an in-depth, impartial discussion on the background, decision making processes and procedures and related actions in the Norwegian facilitated peace process in Sri Lanka that gradually shifted towards a military solution. It provides the reader with evidence based comprehensive analysis on the attempts of peaceful third party intervention in a complex ethno-separatist intra-state conflict.
Download or read book Towards Peace in Sri Lanka written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indefinite Ceasefire Agreement Signed Between The Sri Lankan Government And The Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam Is By Far The Most Important Political Development In The Island-State In Recent Years. This Monograph Evaluates, Through Different Respectives, The Possibilities Of The Country Realising Sustainable Peace In The Foreseable Future.
Book Synopsis Sri Lanka, Search for Peace by : M. Mayilvaganan
Download or read book Sri Lanka, Search for Peace written by M. Mayilvaganan and published by Manas. This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Examines The Issues Relating To The Stalled Peace Process In Sri Lanka, Which Was Initiated After The Cease Fire Agreement (Cfa) Of February 22, 2002 Between The Government Of Sri Lanka And The Ltte. The Chapters Look At The Ground Realities, The Intentions And Capabilities Of The Players And Suggest Alternative Frameworks For Re-Starting The Peace Process. There Is Consensus Among The Contributors That In Order To Strengthen The Peace Process, It Is Necessary For The International Community, Including India To Engage Both The Players And Encourage Norwegian Facilitation To Address The Concerns Of All Parties, Including The Muslims, Who Also Have A Stake In The Outcome. (Published In Collaboration With Institute For Defence Studies & Analyses (Idsa))
Download or read book Voices of Peace written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by : Jayadeva Uyangoda
Download or read book Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka written by Jayadeva Uyangoda and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peace Process in Sri Lanka written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Seminar organized in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and held on Feb. 15-16, 2006.
Book Synopsis Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka by : Mahinda Deegalle
Download or read book Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka written by Mahinda Deegalle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and Pali examine multiple dimensions of the problem. Buddhist responses to the crisis are discussed in detail, along with how Buddhism can help to create peace in Sri Lanka. Evaluating the role of Buddhists and their institutions in bringing about an end to war and violence as well as possibly heightening the problem, this collection puts forward a critical analysis of the religious conditions contributing to continuing hostilities.
