Subnational Conflicts in Asia: Can Foreign Aid Help End Some of the World's Longest-Running Conflicts?

Day：2013.07.16

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  • DayJuly 16, 2013(Tue)
    14:00-16:00 (Registration starts at 13:30
  • PlaceInternational Conference Hall, JICA Ichigaya Building
  • Map Link Access
  • OrganizerThe Asia Foundation (TAF) / JICA Research Institute
  • LanguageEnglish (No translation will be provided)
  • FeeFree of charge
  • Capacity120 People

Contents

The Asia Foundation (TAF) / JICA Joint Seminar

Subnational Conflicts in Asia: Can Foreign Aid Help End
Some of the World’s Longest-Running Conflicts?

JICA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Asia Foundation (TAF) in April 2013. As the first joint event after the MOU signature, the two organizations will host a joint seminar on “Subnational Conflicts in Asia” to exchange their knowledge. The seminar will present TAF’s recently-published study “The Contested Corners of Asia: Subnational Conflict and International Development Assistance” followed by a panel discussion among conflict prevention and peacebuilding experts in TAF and JICA.

Subnational conflict is the most widespread, enduring, and deadly form of violent conflict in Asia, with more than 131 million people living in areas of protracted conflict. Subnational conflict areas differ from fragile states, with the majority of these conflicts taking place in middle-income countries with relatively strong states, regular elections, and capable security forces. As a result, subnational conflict in Asia challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the causes of armed conflict and its relationship to state capacity and development, and presents Asian governments and the international community with a distinct set of challenges. TAF’s recently-published study “The Contested Corners of Asia: Subnational Conflict and International Development Assistance” analyzes characteristics of these conflicts, presents the in-depth examinations of the cases of Mindanao (the Philippines), Aceh (Indonesia), and Southern Thailand, and provides policy recommendations to development assistance agencies.

This seminar will feature the presentation by Mr. Thomas Parks (The Asia Foundation’s Regional Director for Conflict and Governance), who managed the newly-published study. The following panel discussion will provide an opportunity for conflict prevention and peacebuilding experts of TAF and JICA as well as the participants to discuss effective approaches to prevent conflicts and build sustainable peace in the region.

Program:
14:00-14:10 Opening Remarks
Hiroshi Kato
Director, JICA Research Institute

Abigail Friedman
Senior Advisor, TAF

14:10-14:40 Speakers
Thomas Parks
Regional Director for Governance and Conflict, TAF

Steven Rood
Country Representative, Philippines and Pacific Island Nations;
Regional Advisor for Local Governance, TAF

14:40-15:25 Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Ryutaro Murotani
Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute

Panelists:
Thomas Parks
Regional Director for Governance and Conflict, TAF

Steven Rood
Country Representative, Philippines and Pacific Island Nations;
Regional Advisor for Local Governance, TAF

Naoyuki Ochiai
Senior Advisor to the Director General (Peacebuilding),
Economic Infrastructure Department, JICA

Sachiko Ishikawa
Senior Advisor, JICA

Yoichi Mine
Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University;
Visiting Fellow, JICA Research Institute

15:25-15:55 Discussion and Exchange with the Floor

15:55-16:00 Closing

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