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Peace Process in Sri Lanka:
Challenges and Opportunities
Edited by V.R. Raghavan
Published by East West Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN.NO: 81-88661-55-4
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.............With
Sri Lanka sliding back into an undeclared conflict,
should one assume that the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement
(CFA) represents another lost opportunity for
peace in Sri Lanka? Or is there still room for
putting the country back on the road to peace?
Indeed achieving peace is a long process and entails
overcoming several challenges. In the midst of
political competition, economic deterioration
and dwindling overall development of the country
as well as its citizens, the stakes are as high
as the challenges are real.
............The peace
process in Sri Lanka has been affected by several
internal and external factors, some posing serious
challenges while others presenting opportunities
for positive progress. In the pursuit of what
lies ahead for the peace process in Sri Lanka,
the Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai in collaboration
with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, New Delhi and
Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo held a
seminar on Peace Process in Sri Lanka: Challenges
and Opportunities coincidentally preceding
the February 2006 Geneva Peace Talks. This publication
is the result of the deliberations made at the
Seminar.
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Table
of Contents
Introduction
V.R. Raghavan
Special Remarks
Reinhold Babel
Keynote Address
Bradman Weerakoon
PART I - Internal and External Factors
An Indian Perspective on the Peace Process
Shashank
India and Sri Lanka's Peace Process
P. Sahadevan
PART II - Peace Process: Challenges
Sri Lankan Peace Process: Challenges and Opportunities
G. L Peris
Military Challenges of the Peace Process
R. Hariharan
PART III - Peace Process: Opportunities
Accommodating Nations in the Sri Lankan Context: Is
it Merely a Question of Semantics?
Shivaji Felix
Role of International Media
V.S Sambandan
The Role of Vernacular Press in Sri Lanka
Ranga Kalansooriya
Peace Process and the Economic Initiative
Harsha de Silva
Economic Dimensions of Peace Process: The Indian Experience
Mohan Guruswamy
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