Regional and Ethnic Conflicts Perspectives from the Front Lines

"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.

Chapter 1: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Perspective Judy Carter, George Irani, and Vamik D. Volkan Chapter 2: Macedonia The 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 Musa Chapter 3: Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: An Indian View Dipankar Banerjee Kashmir Dispute Chapter 4: Cyprus The Cyprus Conflict: National Mythologies and Real Tragedies Caesar V. Mavratsas Turkish and Greek Cypriots in Conflict Kenan Atakol Chapter 5: Israel And Palestine Understanding Our Israeli/Palestinian Conflict and Searching for Its Resolution Edward (Edy) Kaufman and Manuel Hassassian Chapter 6: Rwanda The Rwandan Conflict Richard Batsinduka Chapter 7: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s "Ethnic" Conflict David Ratnavale Chapter 8: Greece And Turkey Historical Context, National Narrative, and Prospects of Reconciliation in the Aegean: The View from Athens Kostas Ifantis Turkish-Greek Relations Onur Öymen Chapter 9: Northern Ireland The Politics of Peace and War in Northern Ireland Sean Byrne The Role of Constructive, Transcultural Storytelling in Ethnopolitical Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland Jessica Senehi Chapter 10: Serbia and Croatia Serbia Sonja Biserko Croatia: The Participant in Large Group Conflict Eduard Klain Chapter 11: Nigeria Mediated Hostility, Generation and Victimhood in Northern Nigeria Conerly Casey Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations in Nigeria: The Case of Religious Conflict in Kano Salisu A. Abdullahi Chapter 12: Lessons to Ponder: Insights and Advice from the Front Lines Judy Carter

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.