IPCS - Staff - Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

N. Manoharan Senior Fellow mano@ipcs.org
Areas of Interest	Sri Lanka, Maldives, Human Rights, Ethnicity, Terrorism, Multiculturalism
Current Projects	Counter-terror Laws and Security in India and Sri Lanka; Tracking India-US Relations; Failed State of South Asia
Education	PhD in International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Publications
Books	Ethnic Violence and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (New Delhi: Samskriti Publishers, 2007) Counter-terrorism Legislation in Sri Lanka: Evaluating Efficacy (Washington D.C.: East-West Center Washington, 2006)

Chapters & Journal Articles	"Sri Lanka: Negative Peace, Positive Violence," in D Suba Chandran ed., Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia 2006 (New Delhi: Samskriti Publishers, 2006) pp. 30-65 "Impact of Socio-Economic Challenges on Regional and global Security," in Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee (ed.), UN and the New Threats: Rethinking Security (New Delhi: India Research Press, 2005). "Disappearance as a Worst Form of Human Rights Violation: The Case of Sri Lanka," Indian Journal of Politics, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, January-March 2004. "Multiculturalism in India: Diverse Dots in Multiple Mosaic -" in Monique Mekenkamp et al, ed., Searching for Peace in Central and South Asia - An Overview of Conflict Prevention and Peace building Activities (London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002) "Minorities in Sri Lanka," in S. K. Singh (ed.), Minorities in South Asia (New Delhi: Authors Press, 2000)

Magazine & Newspaper Articles	"Financial Fodder: Sources of LTTE Funds," South Asia Defence & Strategic Review, Vol. 1, Issue 4, September-October 2007. "In Pursuit of Peace: Recent Peace Process in Sri Lanka," World Focus, Issue No. 329, May 2007. "LTTE Air Attack: Implications for India," South Asia Defence & Strategic Review, Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2007 "Two Decades of Tiger Strikes," The Indian Express, 07 July 2007. "Threat Potential of Air Tigers, The Indian Express, 02 April 2007. "In Search of Cross Purposes," The Indian Express, 27 October 2006. "Sri Lanka's Familiar Spiral," The Indian Express, 27 April 2006. "In Search of an Eastern Suez?" The Indian Express, 9 June 2005. "Child Soldiers," The Hindu, 24 May 2005.

IPCS Publications	"Constitutional Crisis and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka," IPCS Issue Brief No. 15, December 2003. (jointly authored with Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee). "Peace Process in Sri Lanka," IPCS Issue Brief No. 4, January 2003. "High Security Zones in Sri Lanka, 25 June 2007. "Sri Lanka: Five Years of Ceasefire Agreement", 26 February 2007. "Semiotics of Terrorism: Analysing LTTE Symbols" , 16 January 2007. "New Legal Weapon against Terrorism in Sri Lanka" 29 December 2006. "Sri Lanka: The Issue of Northeast Merger" 11 December 2006. "Collateral Victims: Alan Rock's Mission on child Soldiering in Sri Lanka" 18 November 2006. "Sri Lanka: Prospects of Proposed Talks in Geneva" 13 October 2006. "Sri Lanka: Donors Co-chairs Meeting" 20 September 2006. "Mission Impossible: Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in Crisis" 24 August 2006. "Mavilaru Crisis: Implications for Ceasefire Agreement" 6 August 2006. "Oslo Meeting and the Future of Ceasefire Monitoring in Sri Lanka" 16 June 2006. "Sri Lankan Ceasefire: The Geneva Talks" 4 March 2006. "SLMM: Challenges to Ceasefire Monitoring in Sri Lanka" 25 January 200 "SAFTA: A First Step Towards South Asian Economic Union?", 19 January 2006. "Sri Lanka after Elections: New President, Old Challenges" 24 November 2005.