NEW Accord Issue and Policy Brief: Choosing to Engage - Armed Groups and Peace Processes
NEW Accord issue and policy brief
Conciliation Resources' Accord programme has just published the 16th issue in our Accord series
Choosing to engage:
Armed groups and peace processes
THE FULL TEXT IS AVAILABLE FREE ON LINE (http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/index.shtml) OR CAN BE ORDERED IN PRINT FROM CR (See below)
Non-state armed groups are central figures in many of the world's internal armed conflicts. Their objectives and use of violence spark deep controversy about appropriate responses to their actions, particularly in the context f the global 'war on terror'. Yet in the last two decades armed groups have participated in peace processes on every continent, resulting in a wealth of experiences of dialogue and peace negotiation involving state actors, civil society groups, foreign governments and multilateral organizations.
This Accord issue draws on these experiences to explore the case for engagement with armed groups and lessons learned from peacemaking practice. Highlighting both the opportunities and challenges of this approach, it suggests that the diversity of engagement options and potential interveners makes a strong argument for greater commitment to engagement by all stakeholders. The publication combines the voices of armed groups, governments and intermediaries for a rich and varied set of perspectives on five key issues: the challenge of understanding armed groups; armed groups' choices about peacemaking; political and humanitarian engagement options; the roles of governmental and non-governmental actors; and the impact of asymmetries in a state-based international system. With case studies from twelve countries complementing analytical overviews of these issues, Choosing to engage: armed groups and peace processes highlights important lessons and good practice for future peacemaking efforts involving armed groups.
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The publication is now available in full in web format from the CR web site www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/index.shtml and includes the following articles:
Introduction
Robert Ricigliano
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/01.shtml
The case for engagement
An interview with President Carter
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/02.shtml
Understanding armed groups
Understanding armed groups
Sue Williams and Robert Ricigliano
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/03.shtml
Assessing groups and opportunities: a former government minister's perspective
An interview with Mo Mowlam
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/04.shtml
Attempting to understand: an intermediary's perspective
An interview with Terry Waite
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/05.shtml
Chechen resistance: myth and reality
Ilyas Akhmadov
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/06.shtml
Armed groups' choices
From armed struggle to political negotiations: Why? When? How?
Clem McCartney
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/07.shtml
The Salvadorean insurgency: why choose peace?
Joaquín Villalobos
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/08.shtml
Choosing to engage: strategic considerations for the Karen National Union
Saw David Taw
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/09.shtml
Humanitarian and political engagement
Vive la différence? Humanitarian and political approaches to engaging armed groups
David Petrasek
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/10.shtml
The struggle against landmines: an opening for peace talks in Colombia
Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/11.shtml
Operation Lifeline Sudan: war, peace and relief in southern Sudan
Lam Akol
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/12.shtml
Track one - track two interaction
The relationship between track one and track two diplomacy
Julian Thomas Hottinger
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/13.shtml
Ceasefire negotiations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Steven A. Smith
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/14.shtml
Building links and sustaining momentum: reflections on track two roles at the Lomé peace talks
Rashid Sandi and Frances Fortune
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/15.shtml
The impact of asymmetries
Engaging armed groups: the challenge of asymmetries
Liz Philipson
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/16.shtml
Facilitating dialogue with armed insurgents in the Philippines
Rene V. Sarmiento
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/17.shtml
In search of respect at the table: Hamas ceasefires
Alastair Crooke
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/18.shtml
Asymmetries in the peace process: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/19.shtml
Engaging armed groups in peace processes: lessons for effective third-party practice
Nicholas (Fink) Haysom
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/20.shtml
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ALSO AVAILABLE ON-LINE
Accord policy brief
http://www.c-r.org/accord/engage/accord16/policypaper.shtml
Accord workshop report
Engaging armed groups in peace processes: Joint analysis workshop report (November 2004)
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ansa/workshop.shtml
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http://www.c-r.org/accord/order/index.shtml or e-mail us on accord@c-r.org
