Power-Sharing and the Unravelling of the post-Civil War Status Quo By Hamed Kazemzadeh Published in Internal Journal Parts of Central Asia – a region where authoritarian rule has been the norm since the end of the Soviet Union – are liberalising, albeit modestly. In Uzbekistan, this has been the case since the passing of President…
Author: Peace
What is Peace and Conflict Studies
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances — Mahatma Gandhi. Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), with a view towards…
Religion and Peace-building
Hamed Kazemzadeh As the field of religious peacebuilding begins to move from the margins toward the center of the field of conflict resolution, it has matured into what Scott Appleby describes as its “dread teen years: awkward, gawky, a bit reckless.”1 As the field has grown, it has had to contend with the changing nature…
Why Gender Matters in Conflict and Peace: Perspectives from Mon and Kayin States
In Myanmar, as in many other parts of the world, politics, conflict and peace negotiations are considered “male domains.” With some exceptions, women’s experiences of armed conflict and contributions to peace are largely unrecognized, undocumented and unaccounted for. But many women who have had distinct experiences of armed conflict are engaging within their communities in…
Pluralism and Democracy in Islam
Hamed Kazemzadeh Published in Internal Journal of ACPCS, Winter No.05. pp. 62-77 The aim of this chapter is to address whether political Islam, in some of its wellknown versions, is compatible, as far as its socio-political ends are concerned, with the requirements of just, democratic institutions. The emphasis here is on the term “just”, as…
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