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STUDENTS’ CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP
ORGANISED BY THE
QUAD IN COLLABORATION WITH KONRAD ADENAUR STIFTUNG UNDER INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INITIATIVE (IPRI)

A one day workshop for young scholars, organised by the QUAD in collaboration with Konrad Adenaur Stiftung under International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI) banner was held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru on 11 December 2018. Scholars from National Institute of Advanced Studies, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore University and St Joseph’s College presented papers on the theme ‘Global Conflicts and Peace Processes’ during the workshop.
The workshop was conducted in three sessions dealing with topics related to global conflicts and peace processes, regional and bilateral conflicts, and environmental conflicts covering contemporary global issues like migration, civil wars, foreign policies, territorial disputes and geopolitics.
The following were the papers presented during each session:-
Session 1:
Ø  “Migration and Refugee Conflict between India send Bangladesh,” by Edburg D Cheeran and Athulya Pradeep, St Joseph’s College.
Ø  “Shia- Sunni sectarian conflict in Pakistan and peace process,” by Manisha Mahalingam, Christ University.
Ø  “Assam’s NRC: The Nationality Question and is impact in NE India,” by Sourina Bej, NIAS.
Ø  “The Xinjiang Conflict and Peace Possibilities in the Region,” by Avishka Ashok, Christ University.
Ø  “Post- Civil War Reforms in Sri Lanka,” by Komathi, St. Joseph’s College.
Ø  “Xinjiang Achieving Peace the Chinese way,” by Binoj K J, Christ University.
Session 2:
Ø  “Peace processes in Korean Peninsula,” by Mandhara B P, Christ University
Ø  “Conflicting Foreign Policy between India and China over Sri Lanka,” by Maria Catherine, St Joseph’s College.
Ø  “The Chinese Factor in the US India Stategic Relations in the Indian Ocean Region: Evoloving Dynamics,” by Pradeep N, Bangalore University.
Ø  “NATO and SCO: The Politics of Balance of Power,” by Kelesto Kiso, St. Joseph’s College.
Ø  “The Role of Ministry of External Affairs in Afghanistan: an analysis of Peace Building Initiatives,” by Bharath D Malai, Bangalore University.
Ø  “Iran’s Yemeni War: a Grand Strategy,” by Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh, NIAS.
Session 3:
Ø  “The Role of Norway in Sri Lanka’s peace process- The advantages and limitations of third party intervention in Sri Lanka,” by Dhruv Ashok, Christ University.
Ø  “Territorial Dispute between China and Japan:Senkaku island,” by M. Harshini, Christ University.
Ø  “U.S., China, Tariff War: an analysis,” by Harini Madhusudan, NIAS.
Ø  “The Relevance of South-North Debate: An Environmental Dimension,” by C. Chaitra, Bangalore University.
Ø  “Geopolitical implications of climatic change,” by Rhea Anthony and Tanvi Kaur, Christ University.
After each session time was allotted for question and answer and discussions based on the papers presented. Overall, the workshop immensely benefitted the students of the four institutions in terms of their perspectives on the issue of global conflicts and peace and as well on how to go about in presenting academic papers.





  

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