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| Director: | Radha Kumar |
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| Chair: | W. Anthony Lake |
| Staff: | Mahnaz Ispahani, Former Senior Fellow for South and West Asia |
April 1, 1999 - June 30, 2003
This study group is assessing the pros and cons of partition as a solution to the growing number of ethnic conflicts around the world, with a special emphasis on peace processes to bypass or overcome the hostilities of partition. The participating scholars and practitioners are undertaking a comparative study of five cases of de facto or de jure ethnic partition—India-Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Israel-Palestine, and Bosnia-Herzegovina—to determine what lessons can be drawn for future conflict prevention, resolution, stabilization, and reconstruction. The group’s analysis and recommendations will be highlighted in a book by Radha Kumar as well as on a website and possibly a CD-ROM.
Meetings
Settling Partition Hostilities: Policy Options
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Panelists: | Mahnaz Ispahani, Deputy Director, Human Rights and International Cooperation, Ford Foundation |
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| Anthony Lake, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University | |
| Speaker: | Radha Kumar, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
Contact: Harpreet Mann 212-434-9613 or hmann@cfr.org
Moving Away from Partition? Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
Lessons Learned, Lessons Applied
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Panelist: | Edwin Bacon, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church |
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| Speaker: | Radha Kumar, Fellow, Peace and Conflict, Council on Foreign Relations |
Radha Kumar will assess the pros and cons of partition as a solution to the growing number of ethnic conflicts around the world. Kumar will apply lessons learned from 'established partitions' in India and Cyprus to 'partitions in the making' in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Israel-Palestine.
Partitions in the Making: Israel-Palestine
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Panelist: | Radha Kumar |
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Established Partitions? Continuing Problems of India and Pakistan
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Panelists: | Radha Kumar |
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| Anthony Lake |
Changing Partitions: Northern Ireland and Cyprus
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Panelist: | Radha Kumar |
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The Partition Debate: New Policies?
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Presider: | Mahnaz Ispahani, Ford Foundation.; Anthony Lake, Georgetown |
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| Speaker: | Radha Kumar |
The Balkans: Lessons in the Making
Related Project: Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution
| Presider: | Mahnaz Ispahani |
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| Speaker: | Radha Kumar, Council on Foreign Relations |
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