July 2016 Review

July 2016 Review

TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during July, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation

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1) Is Turkey’s failed coup an opportunity to reinvigorate peace talks?

Dr. Ulas Doga Eralp – The post-coup political environment could provide a ripe moment to reinstate the peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdish movement. Read on…

2) Turkey’s elected dictator

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir – Whereas Erdogan viewed the failed coup as a God-sent opportunity to wipe out whoever is perceived to be his enemy, the US and the EU must use this occasion to put Erdogan on notice that history has shown time and again that totalitarian regimes come to a bitter end, and that he too will not be spared his day in court. Read on…

3) Yemen negotiations move ahead slowly – post-war planning needed

Rene Wadlow – As a result of Saudi bombing raids, Yemen’s underdeveloped socio-economic infrastructure has been largely destroyed. Post-war planning will need to be followed by international aid for development, with post-war socio-economic construction developed on a basic needs approach. Read on…

4) Birthday wishes for South Sudan

Jelena Savic – To mark the fifth birthday of South Sudan, TransConflict is pleased to present a list of birthday wishes that help chart a more optimistic course for the world’s youngest country. Read on…

5) Moving beyond the Quartet

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir – The Arab Peace Initiative (API) should not be considered as a mere device for directing the negotiating process, but rather as the central framework for achieving a comprehensive peace. Read on…

6) Complementary agendas – women and youth building peace

UNOY Peacebuilders – We in the youth peacebuilding community must be careful not to allow the exclusionary nature of discourse on violent extremism to have an impact on how resolution 2250 is implemented in coming years and months. We have to bear resolution 1325 and its sister resolutions in mind in all our work to make sure one inclusionary agenda doesn’t stamp out another. Read on…

7) Sri Lankan Army – release record of war ‘surrendees’

The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice – For the first time the Sri Lankan army has confirmed that a record of individuals moving across the front-line at the end of the war was kept and – whilst the number of individuals accounted for by the record remains unclear – could potentially be a major development in helping to establish the last known whereabouts of many of the disappeared. Read on…

8) The political participation of women in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina

Tajma Kapic – The Dayton Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement are inarguably similar, but also unique in their own right. For one, they differ in the outcome for women, with the political position of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina being weaker than that of women in Northern Ireland. Read on…

9) A movement to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir – What is needed now is a mass mobilization of the people, led by major political figures who are committed to finding a solution to the conflict and campaign day-in and day-out to raise public awareness of the impending danger that Israel is facing if the Netanyahu government is allowed to continue along the same path. Read on…

10) Sri Lanka – repairing the damage of the Paranagama Commission

The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice – For Sri Lanka to move on from its past, it must acknowledge it. The Paranagama Commission has served only to prop up a sense of denial designed to avoid coming to terms with that past. For this reason, the Commission – and those who employ its arguments – should not play any role in Sri Lanka’s future. Read on…

11) Losing the Western Balkans in Paris

Jasmin Mujanović – Although the current focus on the fate of the United Kingdom is understandable, the EU still cannot afford to ignore the Western Balkans. If it does, it may lose more than another “member”—it may lose the region as a whole. Read on…


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