DPG
and HDC undertake research on peace processes in India
The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
(HDC) will collaborate on a research project to review peace processes
in India, to elucidate how various actors have both understood and
practiced conflict resolution.
Through an analysis of approaches undertaken in Kashmir, Nagaland,
Manipur and with the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh, the project will
help gain a better understanding of the conditions under which dialogue
on peace and security is most effective and what processes and institutions
are best placed to pursue it.
The project, due to conclude in late 2010, aims to:
- Identify and assess the ways in which dialogue has long
been used by various Indian governments in dealing with conflicts,
with varying degree of success, particularly cataloguing the mechanisms
and structures of these local conflict resolution strategies.
- Initiate debate and research on dialogue processes in India
to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which dialogue
is most effective in terms of peace and security and what processes
and institutions are best suited to pursue dialogue.
- Identify good practice from India's experience for
other peacemaking actors beyond India to draw upon
The research is part of the project funded by the MacArthur Foundation
entitled: Comparative Perspectives on Conflict Management in Asia.
The project seeks to examine and compare conflict resolution approaches
in Asia, and includes three focus countries-the Philippines, India
and Indonesia. This two-year (2009-2010) multifaceted research process
compares factors influencing violent conflict and efforts to resolve
such conflict in the Asia Pacific region with particular focus on
the relative efficacy of dialogue processes. The research is designed
to inform conflict management and security policy in the region as
well as to provide an empirical basis for further research, analysis,
policy and programming.
HDC partner institutions in Indonesia that will undertake the study include the Peace Building Institute and the Indonesian Institute of Science. In Philippines, the HD Centre is collaborating with the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies (IBS).
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