Introduction As a new entrant in the peacebuilding field, I continue to learn and explore opportunities that will deepen my efforts to contribute my quota to building a fair, inclusive, and just societies. For this reason, I am excited and appreciate the diversity of learnings and insights that the Kroc Institute has exposed me to. Over the past one and half years, my learning, skills, and experiences I have acquired both in the theory and practice of peacebuilding have made me to question at a deeper
Let me talk first about pragmatic pacifism. In the decades since the anti-war peace movements of the 1960s and 70s, peacemaking has come to be seen as synonymous with absolute pacifism or what some describe as anarchic pacifism. Absolute pacism is the opposition to violence under any circumstance even in defense of self and others. For religious and moral reasons there will always be those who subscribe to absolute pacifism and oppose any form of violence; those who believe that war should never
the international conferences successfully managed to collect enough loans and investments that allow rebuilding operations in Gazza to start, yet several reasons precluded the rebuilding to start. B. The Uniqueness of Conflict- Context Cities engaged in high-intensity conflict may be described as polarized or dual cities. In such cities, one group usually seizes control and discriminates against others based on different characteristics; specifically, ethnicity, religion or even politic stands
Clearly identifying the background of conflict context a. Use administrative or political map of the area b. Briefly describe the area c. Outline conflict history of the area 2. Distinctly differentiating conflict parties and issues a. Differentiate who the main conflict parties are b. Identify the conflict issues c. Find out the relationships between the conflict parties d. Pinpoint perceptions of the causes and nature of the conflict among the conflict parties e. Know more about the current
ethnic communities who were considered to be outsiders in their ancestral land (Oyugi, 2000, p. 7). In 1991/2 the Luo-Nandi ethnic conflict which broke out coincided with the introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya, although according to oral history, the two ethnic communities have been at loggerheads since time immemorial and this has been established
Explain the conception of human security. Does human security raise a challenge to traditional conceptions of national security? The Historical background and development of the Concept of Human Security In the post-Cold War world, a dozen of horrendous internal conflicts had taken the lives of millions of people in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. The specter of genocide, ethnic cleansing, failed and lawless states and