The Art And Craft Of International Conflict Resolution

In a year marked by multiple global conflicts, effective conflict resolution has never been more essential. What are effective ways to build trust, foster cooperation, and sustain peace in conflict situations? Featuring experts with experience in regions as diverse as the Caucasus, India–Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, Lebanon, Syria, and Central Asia, this panel will offer insights drawn from real-world negotiations and share lessons to guide the future of international conflict resolution.

Meet the speakers

Jonathan Cohen is the Executive Director of Conciliation Resources in May 2016. Since joining Conciliation Resources in 1997, he has developed the Caucasus programme and has also overseen programs in Colombia, West Africa, East and Central Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Philippines, Fiji and India/Pakistan. He holds degrees from the universities of Bristol, London and Oxford. In 2007 he was awarded an OBE by the British Government for services to conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the Caucasus

Ameya Kilara is the Senior Projects Director at Inter Mediate. She leads Inter Mediate’s strategic engagement in South Asia and China and contributes to work on the Korean peninsula. Her work as an international lawyer and mediation expert includes facilitating high level dialogues on India-Pakistan and across the Line of Control in Kashmir, and providing technical support to the UN’s Office of the Special Envoy for Syria across six rounds of proximity talks. She holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.

Govinda Clayton is the Mediation Support Manager at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Dr Clayton’s academic research focuses on negotiation; mediation; dialogue; communication; conflict management and conflict resolution and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Peace Research; Journal of Conflict Resolution. Beyond academia, he has worked with leading international organizations including the United Nations, World Bank, and African Union. He has taught negotiation or been involved in peacebuilding projects in locations including: Lebanon, Myanmar, South Korea, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Armenia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Cat Evans was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Mali and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Niger in April 2018. Prior to this she served as Deputy Head of Mission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She joined the Ministry of Defence in 2003 as Policy Desk Officer for Afghanistan and has since worked in several defence programmes.

Chair: Kristin Bakke is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at UCL Political Science. Her research explores how states respond to opposition within their borders, the dynamics of violence in self-determination struggles, post-war state-building and wartime legacies, and geopolitical orientations in Russia’s near abroad. She has authored of Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles and Cambridge University Press 2015), as well as several academic journal articles.

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