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Public-Private Partnerships Paving The Way For Success In Sri Lanka, Margaret S. Busé
Public-Private Partnerships Paving The Way For Success In Sri Lanka, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
"Most young people, including those in their 20s in Sri Lanka, have never seen a day without war because of the fighting that has lasted for the past two decades in Sri Lanka. For them to see new construction underway, schools reopening, and for locals to be able to move out of refugee camps back onto their land—these all come as welcome sights."-Mary Eisenhower, President, People to People International
Non-State Actors In Sri Lanka, Cisr Jmu
Non-State Actors In Sri Lanka, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
What happens when an irresistible force hits an immovable object? Something gives. Or does it? In the war-torn country of Sri Lanka, there remains a constant clash between the country's government and non-state actor (NSA) groups that terrorize the region and its people. The chief NSA that opposes the government is the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an insurgency group whose goal is to form an independent state for the 3.2 million Tamil people that make up the minority ethnic community.