Robert I. Rotberg is director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and president of the World Peace Foundation. Rotberg is the author or editor of numerous books, including State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror (Brookings/WPF, 2003).
"This study is yet another valubale addition to Robert Rotberg's
exellent collection of books on conflict and its prevention....
This book is essential reading for those interested in
understanding the incentives and disincentives of the two major
ethnic groups and myriad intra-Sinhalese and intra-Tamil
antagonists.
" — Book Notes|"Robert Rotberg has done an excellent job in putting
this book together.... The volume gives us stimulating reflections
on the Sri Lanka conflict in particular, and on conflict and its
resolution in general." —Nicholas Van Hear, Center for Development
Research, Copenhagen, Journal of Refugee Studies, 9/1/2000|"These
papers constitute an innovative contribution to the literature on
the ethnic conflict in Sri lanka that has been draining the
island's material, emotional, and moral resources for over fifteen
years. While the different papers deal with the socio-economic,
ethico-religious, and related aspects of the conflict, the work as
a whole is distinctive in its orientation toward a solution. Thus,
while the gloom the volume projects is inescapable, so is the ray
of hope. Particularly commendable is the volume's attempt to bring
together a diverse group of both Sri Lankan and foreign
specialists, all of whom write with authority and brilliance."
—H.L. Seneviratne, University of Virginia
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