Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province – Development and Conflict

“Sri Lanka’s government must address the security needs and land-related grievances of all ethnic communities in its Eastern Province or risk losing a unique opportunity for development and peace.” Says a report by the International Crisis Group. “The province is Sri Lanka’s most ethnically complex region and has been at the heart of post-independence conflicts. [...]

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Eritrea and Ethiopia – Mark Schneider

Month by month since last November Ethiopia and Eritrea have inched closer to war, each deploying more troops almost face-to-face across their common border, supporting opposition forces in the other country, and offering sanctuary to rival proxy forces in Somalia. After five years of Ethiopia’s refusal to accept physical border demarcation, the internationally recognized Eritrea-Ethiopia [...]

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Public Opinion Polls and Peace by Dr. Colin Irwin

Dr. Colin Irwin is a Research Fellow, Institute of Irish Studies, at the University of Liverpool. On his visit to Sri Lanka to visit some acquaintances he took part in a discourse on Public Opinion Polls in Peace Negotiations organized by the Centre for Policy Alternatives at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. Dr. Irwin, a [...]

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8 Keys of Peace

1. Respecting the rights and dignity of each human being; 2. Rejecting violence, obtaining justice by convincing and understanding; 3. Developing attitudes and skills for living together in harmony, putting an end to exclusion and oppression; 4. Giving everyone a chance to learn and share through the free flow of information; 5. Making sure that [...]

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Mapping the South African Peace Process

Mapping the South African Peace Process Establishing and sustaining the negotiations process Between 1985 and 1995 over 10 000 people were killed and an estimated 30 000 left homeless in acts of violence and reprisals in KwaZulu-Natal and on the Witwatersrand (the country\\\’s industrial heartland in the former Transvaal province). It was alleged (and later [...]

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