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On November 18-19, 2005, the Program on Global Security and Cooperation held a conference entitled “Thinking About Terror, Insurgencies and States: Breaking the Cycle of Protracted Violence,” at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel in Oslo, Norway. The conference was a culmination of the three-year joint SSRC-NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) intensive and systematic study of protracted violent conflicts from around the world. Distinguished scholars, practitioners and policy makers gathered to consider the results of the research project and to offer responses, criticism, and problem-solving ideas.
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored the project that included case studies in Palestine, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Kashmir, Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, and Spain, among others. The project sought to draw lessons from these conflicts and to help shape a common frame of understanding between analysts and policy makers in order to formulate policies that have a greater likelihood of success in resolving protracted conflicts. Following three years of field research, comparative analysis and synthesis of results, the final conference focused on dissemination of findings and policy recommendations and outlining new options for dealing successfully with political violence.
The papers that have resulted from this project will appear in Terror, Insurgency and the State: Breaking Protracted Cycles of Violence, edited by Marianne Heiberg, Brendan O’Leary and John Tirman (University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming Spring 2006).
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