Violent internal conflicts in Asia Pacific
Histories, political economies and policies
Anwar, Dewi Fortuna, Helene Bouvier, Glenn Smith and Roger Tol (eds)
The Asia Pacific region is not as peaceful as the name implies. Although the risks of interstate conflicts have recededin recent years, the last decade has seen an upsurge in violent internal conflicts. Ethnic, political and religious tensions, often marked by separatist rebellion, terrorism or ethnic cleansing, periodically dominate news from southern Thailand, southern Philippines, Sri Lanka, and a number of regions in Indonesia and the Pacific. Like terrorism and nuclear proliferation, violent internal conflicts are increasingly being seen as a global security issue.
In this volume, prominent Asian and Western academics and conflict spe_cialists focus on the often complex histories, causes, and trajectories of violent internal conflicts and evaluate the critical options policy makers have for coping with them. Drawn from universities, research centres and non-governmental organizations, the writers offer diverse perspectives on one of the pressing issues of the twenty-first century.
Authors include: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Glenn Smith, Hlne Bouvier, Marc Gaborieau, Asvi Warman Adam, Robert Cribb, Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, Thung Ju Lan, Gerry van Klinken, Timo Kivimki, R.J. May, Eva-Lotta E. Hedman, Leo Suryadinata, Frances Stewart, Kees van Dijk, Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, Sidney Jones, Freek Colombijn, Santiago Villaveces-Izquierdo, Ichsan Malik, Jehan Perera, Samuel Lee, Kevin P. Clements, Nono Anwar Makarim and Johan Galtung.
