IFPNP International Dialogue

 

IFPNP International Dialogue

  

 Prospects for Peace and Stability  in Post Assad Syria

 By 

 John S. Moolakkattu

 

 January 3, 2025 4.00 pm IST@ Google meet 

 

The Outline of his presentation is as follows:

Context

 Recent developments and the formation of the interim government

Nature of international presence in the country, 

The presence of internal militias and the plight of minority groups

Lingering questions on the viability of the interim regime and the role of Turkey, Israel and the US.

Potential spoiler role of the vanquished powers

Potential UN role

Policy options for peace and stability

About the Speaker 

John S Moolakkattu is  an ICSSR Senior Fellow who retired as a Senior Professor at the Department of International Relations & Politics, Central University of Kerala. He was earlier Professor and Director of the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Professor at IIT Madras, and the Inaugural Gandhi- Luthuli Professorial Chair in Peace Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is a recipient of the UGC research award, Commonwealth Scholarship as well as Fellowship, and Fulbright Visiting Professorship. He has published in highly rated journals like Cooperation and Conflict, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, International Studies, Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, Public Administration and Development, Social Sciences, and Peace Review, among others, and has an excellent citation index. He is the editor of Gandhi Marg, Journal of Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi . He is also the co-founder-editor of the South African bi-annual Journal Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation published by Adonis Abbey, London.

Email: moolakkattu@gmail.com