Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in Sri Lanka
Edited by V.R Raghavan and Karl Fischer

Published by Tata McGraw-Hill

ISBN.NO: 0-07-059964-5

Traditionally there have been very close cultural, economic, linguistic and ethnic linkages between Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The two decades of conflict in Sri Lanka had its spill over effect in Peninsular India. The conflict also resulted in over 70,000 deaths and displacement of two million people. India and Sri Lanka, both have to address the long-standing problems for mutual benefit and to ensure peace and development in the region. With this in view, the Centre for Security Analysis and Hanns Seidel Foundation have planned to organise a seminar every six months alternately at Chennai and Colombo to analyse issues of common interest. This book is the outcome of the first such seminar held on 10 and 11 December 2004, in Chennai.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
V. R. Raghavan

Special Remarks
Karl Fischer

PART I - Conflict Patterns and Consequences

Looking back 25 years later: The Impact of War on
Society, Culture and Education
Santasilan Kadirgamar

Internal Conflicts in South Asia: Patterns and Prospects
S.D. Muni

PART II - The Role of Mediation in Peace Process

Third Party Mediation of Norway in the Conflict
Resolution of Sri Lanka: Problems and Prospects
Gamini Samaranayake

The Prospects of Peace in Sri Lanka
K. Venkataramanan

PART III - Sub-Nationalism and Conflict

Politicisation of Ethnicity and Ethnicization of the State and
Challenges for Post-Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka
Kalinga Tudor Silva

Understanding Sub-national and International
Conflicts in South Asia
Rajesh Rajagopalan

PART IV - Perspectives on Peace Process

Peace Process in Sri Lanka: A Theoretical Perspective
Swaran Singh

Peace Process in Sri Lanka: An Indian Perspective
V. Suryanarayan

PART V - Economic and Military Dimensions

Economic Consequences of Internal Conflict
Nisha Arunatilake

The Future Dimensions of Conflict in Sri Lanka
R. Hariharan