Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines provides an alternative vantage point that contributes new perspectives to the study of ethnopolitical conflict. The interest and insights students gain from this book into how complex ethnopolitical conflicts can be mitigated, resolved and prevented give hope to the future. From a pedagogical perspective, this text is designed to expose students to alternative perspectives. It adds realism and insight to students' understanding of distal ethnopolitical conflicts. Contributors were purposely asked to discuss a range of factors to bring to light the complexity of ethnopolitical conflict. Their chapters are meant to prod students to internalize the importance of analyzing and understanding ethnopolitical conflicts from multiple perspectives.
Judy Carter teaches in the School of Peace and Conflict Management at Royal Roads University.George E. Irani is the director of the Africa and Middle East Program of the Toledo International Center for Peace in Madrid, Spain.Dr. Vamik D. Volkan, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine.
Chapter 1: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Perspective Judy Carter, George Irani, and Vamik D. Volkan Chapter 2: MacedoniaThe Ethnic Conflict in Macedonia from the Ethnic Macedonians’ Perspective: Being Victims in Their Own Country Relationships between Macedonians and Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia Fatmir MusaChapter 3: KashmirJammu and Kashmir: An Indian View Dipankar BanerjeeKashmir DisputeChapter 4: CyprusThe Cyprus Conflict: National Mythologies and Real Tragedies Caesar V. MavratsasTurkish and Greek Cypriots in Conflict Kenan AtakolChapter 5: Israel And PalestineUnderstanding Our Israeli/Palestinian Conflict and Searching for Its Resolution Edward (Edy) Kaufman and Manuel HassassianChapter 6: RwandaThe Rwandan Conflict Richard BatsindukaChapter 7: Sri LankaSri Lanka’s "Ethnic" Conflict David RatnavaleChapter 8: Greece And TurkeyHistorical Context, National Narrative, and Prospects of Reconciliation in the Aegean: The View from Athens Kostas IfantisTurkish-Greek Relations Onur ÖymenChapter 9: Northern IrelandThe Politics of Peace and War in Northern Ireland Sean ByrneThe Role of Constructive, Transcultural Storytelling in Ethnopolitical Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland Jessica SenehiChapter 10: Serbia and CroatiaSerbia Sonja BiserkoCroatia: The Participant in Large Group Conflict Eduard KlainChapter 11: NigeriaMediated Hostility, Generation and Victimhood in Northern Nigeria Conerly CaseyEthnicity and Ethnic Relations in Nigeria: The Case of Religious Conflict in Kano Salisu A. AbdullahiChapter 12: Lessons to Ponder: Insights and Advice from the Front Lines Judy Carter