The Forum: Dealing with the Aftermath of Political Violence

The contributions that make up this issue of Forum were initially prepared for a conference entitled Reconsidering Conflict, Terror and Resolution Conference held at the University of Strathclyde in September 2008. The objective of the meeting was to present an opportunity for academics and practitioners from very different disciplinary and professional backgrounds to discuss the causes of conflict and terrorism and the conditions of resolution. What emerges from these debates is the conclusion that the ways in which various actors, domestically and internationally, respond to both the threat and the results of political violence are infrequently considered alongside one another. In particular, it is clear that such analyses are mostly kept separate by the combined weight of disciplinary boundaries and the increasingly specialized subfields of diplomacy, policing, reconstruction, and human rights. Adapted from the source document.