There is a growing interest in the links between development and peace in low and middle-income countries and especially between international development assistance and conflict resolution. This paper explains these links in the case of Sri Lanka's fifth peace process (2002-2004), by examining the unconventional approach of choosing development of...
The UN peacekeeping is a type of conflict resolution since its activities are based on third-party intervention. It is helpful to recall a distinction made between the traditional understanding of "Restoring peace" among nation-states and "Building peace" in war-torn societies. The former is defined as the cessation of acts of...
Peace studies and conflict resolution programs are at a crucial and exciting crossroad. As people and social movements around the world engage in struggles to determine their futures, the global political context within which theories are constructed and applied confronts uncertainty and unpredictable changes. These rapid changes in global politics...