Perspectives on the 'War on Terror'
As you will see, this is a special issue of our newsletter. Although we work in a variety of regional and local contexts, we cannot be indifferent to global events, which have never seemed more inimical to conflict transformation and the values which it embodies. We feel we should not remain silent on the impact which the rhetoric, decisions and actions of the 'big powers' are having in different parts of the world. We are concerned that the viewpoints of people living in other countries should not be ignored.
We therefore wrote to friends and colleagues living and working in very different places and these are the responses we received. Our invitation was quite open and our contributors have written from their own perspectives and in their own style. The pieces collected here are also of very different lengths. We are grateful for them all and are happy with their variety.
We are not, however, happy with the situation about which they write with such eloquence and concern. We hope that this issue will strengthen our determination to exercise whatever influence we have, as citizens and professionals, to ensure that our world becomes a place less dominated by economic and military power and more attuned to the needs of its inhabitantsLetter from Kenya
by Malesi E. K. Kinaro
Peacebuilding in Mindanao, Philippines, after 9-11
by Carino Antiquisa
A Paradigm Shift in the Sri Lankan Peace Process
from a paper by Jehan Perera, Media Director, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
People of the World Should Unite for Peace and Human Dignity
by Gulnara Shahinian (Armenia)
'The War on Terror' and the Balkans
by Goran Bozicevic (Croatia)
Chechnya: Theatre of Terror
by Chris Hunter and Adam Berry, Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development (CPCD)
From Violence to Conciliation
a paper presented by Oliver McTernan, on 14th November 2002, at St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
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