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    Contemporary Ladakh: identifying the “other” in Buddhist-Muslim transformative relations

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    Identity is a fluid concept and there are multiple identities which an individual can approximate based on various circumstances. This applies to the case of Ladakh wherein any attempt to label the society in terms of primordial identities leads to a very parochial understanding of what it means to be a Ladakhi.
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    Somalia: Fighting the odds in the search for peace after the transition

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    Despite renewed hope in the future of Somalia, post-transition efforts towards peace and stability in this country face numerous challenges.
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    Mali in the aftermath of the French military intervention: new opportunities or back to square one?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    While the planning process for the deployment of the African-led international support mission to Mali (AFISMA) was laboriously under way, events followed in rapid succession when the armed groups  occupying the northern part of the country seized the town of Konna on 10 January 2013.
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    Mali: making peace while preparing for war

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    Following the deadlock that lasted for several months, major steps towards the management of the crisis in Mali were taken at three main events: 1. The high-level meeting on the Sahel, held on 26 September 2012 in the margins of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly session; 2. The unanimous adoption of Resolution 2071 on Mali by the UN Security Council, on 12 October;
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    Men as perpetrators and victims of armed conflicts: innovative projects aimed at overcoming male violence

    Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation, 2013
    The propensity to violence exhibited by adolescents and young men after wars often causes problems for those responsible for peacekeeping missions, reintegration and rehabilitation programs, especially when there is a lack of understanding of what male identity means in armed violence.
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    Somalia: Clan and state politics

    Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 2013
    A Somali state, or a functioning approximation of it, has failed to exist,maybe in the first place, in the hearts and the minds of the Somalis themselves, at least so far. Stateness, like any other social construction, finds in collective experience and praxis those founding elements that underpin its building up process.
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    Conflict, conflict resolution and peacebuilding: The role of religion in Mozambique, Nigeria and Cambodia

    Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2009
    Confounding the expectations of secularists, religion has a strong – perhaps growing – significance as a key source of identity for millions of people, especially in the developing world.
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    Religion and peacebuilding: reflections on current challenges and future prospects

    United States Institute of Peace, 2012
    The field of religious peacebuilding has begun to move closer to the mainstream of conflict resolution practice and theory. The 2011 unrest in the Middle East and North Africa - the Arab Spring - reflects ongoing challenges and opportunities for the field.
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    Building bridges through interfaith dialogue

    Conciliation Resources, 2012
    Religion is central to Lebanese politics and society. In this interview, Mohammad Sammak, secretary General of the Committee for islamic-Christian Dialogue in Lebanon, reviews priorities and processes of interfaith dialogue to promote tolerance and reconciliation.
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    Latin America awakes: a review of the new drug policy debate

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    Latin America is confronted with astonishing levels of organised and interpersonal violence, much of it connected to illicit narcotics production and trafficking and the so-called “war on drugs”. There is evidence, however, of mounting resistance to the global drug control regime and its narrow emphasis on suppressing supply, chiefly through enforcement measures.

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