Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution

Study Group

Study Group on Ethnic Conflict, Partition, and Post-Conflict Resolution

Director:	Radha Kumar
Chair:	W. Anthony Lake
Staff:	Mahnaz Ispahani, Former Council Adjunct 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

Study Group Meeting

May 4, 2000

Panelists:	Mahnaz Ispahani, Deputy Director, Human Rights and International Cooperation, Ford Foundation
	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

Study Group Meeting

February 24, 2000

Lessons Learned, Lessons Applied

Study Group Meeting

February 10, 2000

Panelist:	Edwin Bacon, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church
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

Study Group Meeting

December 2, 1999

Panelist:	Radha Kumar

Established Partitions? Continuing Problems of India and Pakistan

Study Group Meeting

November 9, 1999

Panelists:	Radha Kumar
	Anthony Lake

Changing Partitions: Northern Ireland and Cyprus

Study Group Meeting

October 14, 1999

Panelist:	Radha Kumar

The Partition Debate: New Policies?

Study Group Meeting

September 28, 1999

Presider:	Mahnaz Ispahani, Ford Foundation.; Anthony Lake, Georgetown
Speaker:	Radha Kumar

The Balkans: Lessons in the Making

Study Group Meeting

April 28, 1999

Presider:	Mahnaz Ispahani
Speaker:	Radha Kumar, Council on Foreign Relations

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