Conflict in Sri Lanka: The Road Ahead
Edited by
V. R. Raghavan
Published by Macmillan India Ltd.
ISBN NO: 023-063-836-8
The Centre for Security Analysis (CSA) has been continuously involved in encouraging and organising a sustained discourse on conflict resolution and peace building in Sri Lanka. The CSA has maintained over the years that the solution to the problem rests in the devolution of political power to the Tamil areas. Military operations in Sri Lanka have succeeded in pushing the rebel forces into a small area in the North of the country and the LTTE is attempting to leverage the civilians in the war zone to obtain a ceasefire. As the military offensive draws to a close, it remains to be seen how Sri Lanka‘s political leadership can build on the military success and make way for a political solution.
The Centre for Security Analysis, in collaboration with the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo organized a Seminar in March 2008 focusing on four dimensions of the Sri Lankan conflict, i.e. the nature of the political and constitutional measures to devolve power, the objectives and progress of the military offensive, the impact of the war on the economy and, finally, responses of the international community. This book is an edited volume of the proceedings of the Seminar and is an authoritative contribution to understanding the conflict in Sri Lanka.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
V.R. Raghavan
President, CSA; Advisor,DPG; Strategic Analyst
India - Sri Lanka Relations
Alok Prasad
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
The Peace Process in Sri Lanka
Tissa Vitharana
Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Sri Lanka and Chairperson, All Party Representative Committee (APRC)
POLITICAL MEASURES
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
G.L. Peiris
Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Government of Sri Lanka and was the Government's Chief Negotiator during the 2001-2004 Peace Process
Implementing the 13th Amendment
Douglas Devananda
Minister of Social Services & Social Welfare, Sri Lanka
Limitations of the 13th Amendment and the APRC
Rohan Edirisinghe
Sri Lankan Political Analyst
The13th Amendment, its Inadequacies and the Indian Model
N. Sathiyamoorthy
Journalist, Political Analyst and Director, Observer Research Foundation-Chennai Chapter
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Politico-Strategic Military Operations
V.R. Raghavan
Military Offensive and Political Interface: A Response
Mohan Peiris and Gamini Hettiarachchi
Attorney General, Sri Lanka and Director-General of National Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka (Respectively)
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
Economic Reconstruction and Development in Conflict/Post Conflict Economies
Amita Batra
Associate Professor, SAIS, JNU, New Delhi
Economy of Peace and Conflict in Sri Lanka
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan
Principal Researcher, Point Pedro Institute of Developoment, Sri Lanka
FDI and Tourism in Sri Lanka
Rohantha Athukorala
Head, Economic Affairs, Government Peace Secretariat, Sri Lanka
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS
International Perspectives, the UN and the Conflict in Sri Lanka
T.P. Sreenivasan
Former Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
International Responses to the Sri Lankan Conflict
Rajiva Wijesinha
Secretary General, Government Peace Secretariat, Sri Lanka
An Internal Conflict and its International Dimension
Nihal Rodrigo
Advisor on Foreign Affairs to President of Sri Lanka
