The Role of Mediation in Resolving India-Pakistan Conflict

2005
 |  India
The Role of Mediation in Resolving India-Pakistan Conflict

Author: Amit Dholakia

Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors

ISBN: UOM:39015058826291

Category: India

Page: 148

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Published in association with Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo. Easy availability of small arms and their unscrupulous use can easily be identified as the single most contributing factor that triggers and sustains human insecurity. The end of the Cold War brought forth a dialectic change in the traditional debate on security and ushered in discourses on a whole range of non-military challenges to security, including small arms. Unfortunately, this change is not yet reflected in South Asia, where emphasis is primarily on enhancing military postures and capabilities, and persistent tensions between India and Pakistan backed by their nuclear prowess have stifled non-military security concerns not only in these countries, but in the region as a whole. This slim volume attempts to introduce the subject of small arms proliferation in the overlapping areas of the two thresholds of the security discourse -- state security, and human security. Issues pertaining to the increased use of explosives and illegal domestic production, which have not received the attention they merit have been discussed at some length. The authors make out a case for regional cooperation to arrest further inflow of arms in the region from neighbouring conflict zones.

Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts

2016-03-03
 |  Political Science
Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts

Author: Chanaka Talpahewa

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317082729

Category: Political Science

Page: 310

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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.

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War

2015-08-22
 |  History
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War

Author: Scott Nicholas Romaniuk

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781482247664

Category: History

Page: 312

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A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It also reassesses some of the latent and burgeoning insurgent organizations and networks around the globe and suggests alternative approaches to understanding insurgency, counterinsurgency, and conventional and asymmetric warfare as they relate to insurgency and counterinsurgency. This book makes significant contributions to international and interdisciplinary discussions regarding the seminal features of insurgency and counterinsurgency in modern warfare. It also relates topics with terrorism in the post-9/11 era, including the historical roots of insurgency, radicalism in Europe, and regional radical groups like al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. It emphasizes how issues around insurgency, counterinsurgency, and terrorism permeate or evolve into particular forms of warfare, military operations, and related governmental activities. Using a diversified lens of analysis, the chapters illustrate key elements that spawn insurgency such as insurgents’ beliefs, motivations, aims, leadership characteristics, recruitment methods, operations planning, and responses to state and non-state efforts to contain insurgency. The book also examines how certain terrorist and insurgent operations can remain in the shadows and become secret wars beneath the growing surface threats they pose to the societies in which they breed activity. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War takes a unique look at a subject that has become widely studied and written about in reaction to modern terrorism and insurgency. It analyzes conditions under which insurgency and counterinsurgency occur from nuanced perspectives that have not previously received full consideration.

Resolving the Kashmir Conflict between India and Pakistan Ð Interviews with Krishna, Hakima, Kali and the MI6 Agent Lucie

2019-03-22
 |  Law
Resolving the Kashmir Conflict between India and Pakistan Ð Interviews with Krishna, Hakima, Kali and the MI6 Agent Lucie

Author: Dr. Mark O'Doherty

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 9780359505692

Category: Law

Page: 40

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The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan being scary and heartbreaking in equal measure, the God Krishna makes a mediation attempt, to make peace between the two nuclear states. With both Indian and Pakistani people actually getting excited about the prospect of war, the odds are stacked against Krishna to make peace. But there is still hope. If he can convince the two Nuclear Goddesses, Kali and Hakima - who hold sway over the darker emotions of their countrymen - to make peace, actual war might be averted. Luckily there is also some common ground between Hakima and Kali to work with. They both like wearing Kashmir; the two of them being crazy about the stuff. Not only wearing Kashmir sweaters, but also Kashmir underwear; both Kali and Hakima having developed a fetish to sexy Kashmir lingerie, to arouse the Indian and Pakistani men, so that they can have good sex with them. Hence there is not enough Kashmir to go around for everybody - both India and Pakistan being crazy about the stuff...

Interactive Conflict Resolution

1997-06-01
 |  History
Interactive Conflict Resolution

Author: Ronald J. Fisher

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

ISBN: 0815627157

Category: History

Page: 320

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This book examines the technique of interactive conflict resolution for peacebuilding: impartial third parties--through facilitated dialogue and focused analysis--brings together unofficial representatives of groups or nations engaged in protracted, violent conflict. The author discusses the works of major theorists as they have applied this technique to situations in Israel-Palestine, Northern Ireland, India-Pakistan, and Cyprus, among others. He describes various methods, including intercommunal dialogue, interactive problem solving, third party consultation, and the psychodynamic approach. This book also explores how the technique can be used in conjunction with official diplomacy and other methods of third party negotiations, including mediation and pre-negotiations. the author also addresses the critical areas which threaten the field, such as funding and institutionalization, and pinpoints the major challenges in years ahead--Back cover.

Indo-Pak Conflicts, Ripe to Resolve?

2005
 |  India
Indo-Pak Conflicts, Ripe to Resolve?

Author: Rizwan Zeb

Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors

ISBN: UOM:39015069126517

Category: India

Page: 132

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This Volume Looks At The Indo-Pak Conflicts And The Recent Peace Process Through The Prism Of Various Ripeness Theories, Especially William Zartman`S When The Parties Engaged In The Conflict Realize That A Stalemate Is Reached Which Is Hurting, They Look Towards Reaching A Compromise. The Book Also Looks Into Certain Preconditions Essential To Make The Conditions Ripe And Suggest Measures That Would Initiate A Process Towards A Final Compromise Between India And Pakistan.

Mediation of International Conflicts

2016-12-08
 |  Political Science
Mediation of International Conflicts

Author: Lesley G. Terris

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781315467764

Category: Political Science

Page: 242

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This book examines the use of third-party mediation as a conflict resolution method. In an attempt to explain why some, but not all, conflicts are mediated, this work argues that diverse conflict structures are inherently different in their susceptibility to mediation attempts. By offering a systematic method for measuring the transformability of conflict structures, this book contributes to our understanding of the sufficient and necessary conditions for mediation. In addition, the study offers an analytical framework for the examination of mediation as a trilateral rational bargaining process. Although the general concept of mediation as a three-person game is not new, most studies focus on either the disputants' perspectives or the mediator's perspective. In contrast, this study integrates the perspectives of all three parties. The framework links the different stages involved in the whole process of mediation, from the onset of mediation, through the mediation strategies used, to the outcome, rather than focusing on one particular aspect. The book applies the framework to two case studies – the conflict between Israel and Egypt and the conflict between India and Pakistan – and provides new insights into these conflicts from a mediation perspective. In general, the model developed here provides a framework for systematically assessing conflicts and the options available to those involved in the mediation process. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, mediation, war and conflict studies, Asian politics, Middle Eastern politics and IR in general.

Pakistan-Japan Relations

2008-09-03
 |  Political Science
Pakistan-Japan Relations

Author: Ahmad Rashid Malik

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134041978

Category: Political Science

Page: 251

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This is the first book-length study to explain the complex nature of Pakistan-Japan relations. It analyses the evolution and development of relations between the two countries by defining two key factors: economic interests and security concerns in the US-led global security system. Providing a thorough analysis of the history of relations between the countries, the important role Pakistan played in the context of peace and conflict resolution in East Asia during 1947-52, which helped ending the Occupation of Japan and restoring the country’s post-war economy, is highlighted. Pakistan then emerged as the largest trading partner of Japan only after the United States. It was Pakistan’s benevolent role that helped Japan to comeback to Asia in the 1950s as the author explains these events in greater detail that are not commonly known. In the 1960s and also in the 1980s during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan emerged as one of the largest recipients of Japanese aid. The author explains that Japanese strategic aid to Pakistan was diverted to strengthen democratic values and institutions after the end of the Cold War. He then clarifies that Pakistan-Japan relations were dominated by two main issues during the 1990s, Japanese economic cooperation in Pakistan's trade liberalization, and suspicion about Pakistan's nuclear program. In conclusion, the author states that there has been a remarkable continuity in the area of economic relations, though there have been changes in security concerns. The book sets out future prospects for economic and diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it will be of interest to academics working in the field of International Relations, International Political Economy, and Asian Studies. For intellectuals, diplomats, and businessmen, the book would be a handy reference.

Natural Resources and Conflict

2016-02-19
 |  Political Science
Natural Resources and Conflict

Author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Publisher: United Nations

ISBN: 9789210601832

Category: Political Science

Page: 102

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This guide collects and summarizes good practices on the successful mediation of resource conflicts. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts, specifically those with natural resource expertise. It also features lessons learned from UNEP’s work on environmental diplomacy in different conflict-affected countries, with a particular focus on how to use impartial technical knowledge to equalize stakeholder information in a mediation process.