Peace is Everybody's Business
A Strategy for Conflict Prevention
- Arjun Ray (retd) - India's Deputy Military Advisor in London
Past strategies in managing alienated societies have been derived from two extreme ideological positions-imprisoning those who take up arms against the stage, or ultra-liberalism, which is denounced as impractical. The author suggests an alternative strategy to reconcile these two extreme positions-a three-pronged strategy to achieve success by preventing conflict by addressing human security through human development, pursuing a policy of atonement and forgiveness, and eliminating trust deficit between the State and the marginalized.
The central focus of this strategy, which the author in his capacity as a General successfully executed in Operation Sadhbhavna, is the people. The author believes that killing is counterproductive and the army must change its role from 'winning wars' to 'preventing wars'.
| The Signposts: Hope, Modernization and Non-Violence |
| Alienation: Poverty, Land, Culture and Politics |
| Muslim Alienation and National Mainstream |
| Conflict Prevention |
| Human Security |
| Centre of Gravity: The People |
| Winning the Hearts of Alienated Societies |
| Culture of Silence and Critical Consciousness |
| Women's Empowerment |
| Changing Role of the Military: Preventing Wars and Not Winning Wars |
| Re-Education of the Security Forces |
| Media's Public Interest Role? |
| Technology for Peace |
| Leading through Chaos and Uncertainty |
| Epilogue: The Unfinished Jasmine Revolutions and the Virtual Revolution: Lessons in Conflict Prevention |
An important contribution to the discourse on security sector reform. It will also be helpful to those engaged in peace building evaluation, particularly with respect to the implementation and monitoring of conflict prevention programs
A very Interesting and knowledgeable commentary on the state of Muslim across the world...[The book] has interesting in-depth analysis of the issues that are extremely crucial for India.
