Disarmament of the heart

This policy brief addresses the aftermath of the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) and outlines a forward-looking political solution that, through national and local reconciliation processes, can help create new relationships of trust between citizens and the state.

Vision 2020

Vision 2020 seeks to reflect the socio-economic, educational and political vision of young people in Jammu and Kashmir across both sides of the Line of Control. It suggest ways in which young people can seek to address some of the problems of the region and engage in building and reshaping their communities.

Trading Confidence

Cross-LoC trade has played a key role in maintaining space for collaboration and positive transformation between the two conflict-ridden parts of Jammu and Kashmir and between India and Pakistan. However, due to the numerous challenges it faces today, the initial euphoria associated with the trade has declined to some extent and its economic viability - and subsequently its sustenance - has been called into question.

Ricardo Mendoza

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Ricardo Mendoza

Ricardo Mendoza lives in Bogotá, Colombia. He is an Adviser for CIASE on reconciliation and peacebuilding, and has over 20 years experience working on international peace and armed conflict. He studied mediation at the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Reconciliation.

Duncan Morrow

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Duncan Morrow

Duncan Morrow is lecturer in Politics and Director of Community Engagement at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Following many years as an academic and activist, he was Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council from 2002–12. In 1998, he was appointed as a Sentence Review Commissioner responsible for the early release of prisoners following the Belfast Agreement. He currently advises the Scottish Government on tackling Sectarianism and Hate Crime.

Arda Inal-Ipa

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Arda Inal-Ipa

Arda Inal-Ipa is a civil society activist, based at the Center for Humanitarian Programmes, Sukhum/i. By profession she is a psychologist, having graduated from Moscow State University. After the Georgian-Abkhaz war, together with like-minded people she established the Centre for Humanitarian Programmes (CHP). CHP works on civic education, human rights issues and democratic development in Abkhazia and for 20 years has been involved in Georgian-Abkhaz dialogue. Since 2007 Arda has been a member of the People’s Chamber on Abkhazia.

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