At the Heart of Conflict

With the increasing number of destructive wars and deadly international conflicts, peacebuilding and peacekeeping have become global priorities. This book helps us understand the challenges for those involved in conflict resolution across a range of organizations and professions.

At the Heart of Conflict: Talking Resolution offers 20+ first-person accounts of the differing approaches taken in international conflicts and peace processes as well as the solutions found by those in jobs on the ground.

This book is an essential read for those studying conflict resolution, international relations, or working in the field, looking to know more about the lived experiences of UN officials, translators, ambassadors, NGOs and military personnel.

Includes interviews with:

Bokani Hart - Former UN Peacekeeper; Caroline Brooks - Senior Advisor for Amnesty International;

Emily Winterbotham - Director of Terrorism & Conflict Group, Royal United Services Institute; Jehan Perera - Executive Director at National Peace Council of Sri Lanka; General John Holmes - Former MI6; Heela Yoon - Founder and Executive Director of the Afghan Youth Ambassadors for Peace Organization; Latif Fayaz - Afghan Translator for NATO and the UN; Maria Hadjipavlou - Founding member at Gender Advisory Team (Cyprus) and president of HandsAcross the Divide; Patrick McGrann - Programme Director at Voices from the Void; Colonel Paulo Gon?alves - In 1992, participated in UN's mission in Angola; Simon Mann - Private Security Expert who worked in Angola and Sierra Leone; Sandra Melone - Chairwoman and founding member of Search for Common Ground, Women's Peace Centre in Burundi, and of the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation (EPCPT), European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), and the Child Soldiers Initiative; Simon Smith - Former British Diplomat and Chatham House member.; Victor ?ngelo - Served as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT);