Navigating and Balancing Engagement in Politically Estranged Settings
Session Description: Drawing on experience to date, this panel aims to reflect on why it is important, as well as how, to remain engaged in estranged situations with a view to contributing to a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in engaging with countries and actors in such contexts and highlighting some lessons on constructive engagement and recommendations for the way forward.
Moderator: Dr. Jale Sultanli, Senior Advisor, CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation.
Panellists:
Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, former UN SRSG and Head of MINUSMA; former Chief of Staff and Chief Adviser of the African Union Commission Chairperson; former Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; former AU Director of the Commission Peace and Security Department and Head of the Conflict Management Division.
Dr. Min Zaw Oo – Executive Director of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS), former Executive Director of the Technical Secretariat Centre of the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee in Myanmar.
Ms. Sarah F. Cliffe, Distinguished Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), co-author of policy brief on "Aid strategies in politically estranged settings", former Special Representative for the World Bank’s World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development and Special Adviser and Assistant Secretary-General of Civilian Capacities to the UN. (online participation)
Mr. Graeme Smith, Senior Analyst for International Crisis Group’s Asia Program, focusing on Afghanistan. (online participation)