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  • 18 Aug 2011
    Afghanistan and 'talking to the enemy'

    Senior parliamentarian Sir Menzies Campbell and commentator James Fergusson, whose book 'Taliban' strips away misconceptions and lays bare the contradictions of western policy, are taking part in a public conversation on Friday 19 August, co-sponsored by the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia.

  • 1 Feb 2011
    Unarmed power is the future, says thinktank

    Governments and agencies in the C21st “need to radically re-orient their policies away from armed force and violence as the prime determinants of social change,” says the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia, in the wake of the latest developments in Egypt and elsewhere.

  • 16 Nov 2010
    NATO urged to agree peace talks with all parties in Afghan conflict

    NATO countries must agree formal peace talks with all parties in the Afghanistan conflict, including the Taliban and Afghan neighbours, say leading NGOs.

  • 21 Oct 2010
    Christians and Muslims can tackle conflict together, says churches' chief

    Muslim and Christian leaders need permanent structures of relating to each other to head off conflicts involving religion, says the WCC's general secretary.

  • 22 Jun 2010
    Government urged to focus on conflict resolution not military rhetoric

    David Cameron’s desire to wrap himself in the flag, and to beat a war drum for military force as the “front and centre of our national life”, fails to engage key policy issues on the Afghan conflict and to acknowledge research findings about the public’s desire for more realistic ways of remembering the victims of war, says the Christian political thinktank Ekklesia.

  • 14 Apr 2010
    Seeking viable peace amidst turmoil in Kyrgyzstan

    Kyrgyzstan’s government has fallen, its provisional rulers are untested, and there is as yet no sign of a lasting political settlement, writes John Heathershaw. Yet that does not mean it will automatically follow the example of neighbour Tajikistan and descend into civil war. Peace is difficult but possible.

  • 15 Oct 2009
    Writing peace out of the script
  • 28 Jun 2009
    Government urged to embrace conflict resolution not aggression

    As Cardiff was officially announced as host for the second annual Armed Forces Day celebrations in 2010, the government was urged to develop a defence policy focused on conflict resolution.

  • 13 May 2009
    Church of Scotland looks to address conflict in church and society

    A Church of Scotland body claims that Scottish public life would benefit if congregational conflict could be overcome, and admits that churches need to become part of the solution rather than the problem when it comes to angry disputes.

  • 28 Mar 2009
    Archbishop calls on G20 leaders to invest in conflict prevention

    Anglican Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has called on leaders of the G20 nations gathering in London for their conference next week to increase their commitment to conflict prevention.