Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Friday, September 26, 2014

NORWEGIAN MEDIATION IN SRI LANKA: HARD LESSONS – ANALYSIS

Keshab Giri
The Sri Lankan civil war saw almost all types of mediation efforts ranging from manipulative military intervention to facilitative mediation acting as a postman between warring parties going astray. It’s compelling to look at the failure of the Norwegian mediation effort in the post-Cold War context when ‘liberal peace’ is the currency in the market of peace-making (Licklider, 2012: 287).
Norwegian Mediation in Sri Lanka Hard Lessons – Analysis by Thavam