The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an
internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent
conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire
agreement, signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of
peace talks, but growing political violence, disagreements over
core issues and a fragmentation of the constituencies of the key
parties led to an eventual breakdown. In the wake of the failed
peace process a new government pursued a highly effective 'war for
peace' leading to the military defeat of the LTTE on the
battlefields of the north east in May 2009. This book brings
together a unique range of perspectives on this problematic and
ultimately unsuccessful peace process. The contributions are based
upon extensive field research and written by leading Sri Lankan and
international researchers and practitioners. The framework of
'liberal peacebuilding' provides an analytical starting point for
exploring the complex and unpredictable interactions between
international and domestic players during the war-peace-war period.
The lessons drawn from the Sri Lankan case have important
implications in the context of wider debates on the 'liberal peace'
and post conflict peacebuilding - particularly as these debates
have largely been shaped by the 'high profile' cases such as
Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. This book is of interest not only to
Sri Lanka specialists but also to the wider policy/practitioner
audience, and is a useful contribution to South Asian studies.
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