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Syria In Search Of A Political Solution: Toward Functional Coexistence, Tatsushi Arai
Syria In Search Of A Political Solution: Toward Functional Coexistence, Tatsushi Arai
Tatsushi Arai
This working paper argues that the use of chemical weapons in Syria and a series of events that took place in international diplomacy, led primarily by Washington and Moscow, are significant, but the political momentum generated by these events must be directed to generate a long-term political solution that addresses the root causes of the conflict.
Alternative Perspectives On Conflict History: On The Methodology Of Peace Education And Dialogue, Tatsushi Arai
Alternative Perspectives On Conflict History: On The Methodology Of Peace Education And Dialogue, Tatsushi Arai
Tatsushi Arai
This essay, written in Japanese, is an attempt to construct an integrated framework for analyzing and engaging multi-faceted meanings of history that correspond to different communal experiences of social conflict. The concept of conflict history is introduced to describe a worldview of a conflict party in search of a coherent explanation of the conflict’s origin, evolution, and significance. Four interconnected approaches to conflict history – orthodox, different, mediative, and alternative – are explored to link the factual to the counterfactual, the manifest to the potential in an attempt to expand the scope of historical inquiry. This exercise of theory-building draws …
The Great North East Japan Earthquake: Needs Assessment And Policy Recommendations (In Japanese), Tatsushi Arai
The Great North East Japan Earthquake: Needs Assessment And Policy Recommendations (In Japanese), Tatsushi Arai
Tatsushi Arai
This is a policy paper submitted to various policy-oriented stakeholders in Japan, based on the fieldwork I conducted in Iwate Prefecture in October 2011. Key findings include the imperative of a long-term multi-faceted approach to recovery and rehabilitation that integrates physical infrastructure building, agricultural and industrial development, and community-based psycho-social healing.