Sri Lanka : Peace Without Process
Contents: Preface. Introduction/B. Raman. Peace without Process: Sri Lanka\'s Dilemma: 1. An overview/S.D. Muni. Ground Realities: 1. Pitfalls and possibilities/Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu. 2. Negative peace/N. Ram. Reconciling Various Ethnic Aspirations: 1. Sri Lankan nationalism, ethnic identity and community/Devanesan Nesiab. 2. Prospects for reconciliation/V. Suryanarayan. Intentions, Capabilities of the Govt and LTTE: 1. Security implications for Sri Lanka, India and the South East Asia Region/Iqbal Athas. 2. Intentions and capabilities of reluctant partners/R. Hariharan. Role of External Powers: 1. Of phases and paces/Gamini Samaranayake. 2. Dilemmas of external actors/K. Venkataraman. Where from Here?: 1. Peace dynamics/M. Rasgotra. 2. No alternative, but.../B. Raman. 3. The tsunami and the LTTE/B. Raman. 4. Internal dimensions to Sri Lanka\'s peace process/Kalpana Chittaranjan. 5. The future beckons/N. Sathiya Moorthy. Annexures: 1. Ceasefire agreement. 2. Oslo declaration. 3. Tokyo declaration. 4. Prabhakaran\'s Hero\'s Day Speech. 4. President\'s speech. Index.
"The Sri Lankan pot continues to boil. Although the ceasefire agreement of February 2002 between the government in Colombo and the LTTE has helped bring down temperatures, a permanent political settlement remains, at best, a hope with more complexities entering the arena with each passing day.
To take stock of the situation and to draw lessons for the future, the Chennai chapter of the Observer Research Foundation organised an International Seminar on "Sri Lanka : Ceasefire and After" in September 2003. Two years have passed since. Yet, the prognosis for the future made at the time remains more valid than ever. The book gives new insights into an existing problem, the contours, of which have not changed much. The interplay of domestic politics, sub-continental relevance and the increasing international interest in the Indian ocean neighbourhood, coupled with the post-9/11 global view of terrorism, have contributed to this continued interest in the evolving situation in Sri Lanka. A product of collective wisdom, this book aims at addressing these issues as comprehensively and as extensively as possible." (jacket)
