Diminishing conflicts in Asia and the Pacific : why some subside and others don't / edited by Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey, and Anthony Regan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: diminishing conflicts: learning from the Asia-Pacific -- Timor Leste: international intervention, gender and the dangers of negative peace / Susan Harris Rimmer -- Maluku: anomie to reconciliation / John Braithwaite -- Aceh: democratization and the politics of co-option / Edward Aspinall -- Solomon Islands: from uprising to intervention / Matthew Allen and Sinclair Dinnen -- Punjab: federalism, elections, suppression / Robin Jeffrey -- Sri Lanka: the end of war and the continuation of struggle / Bina D'Costa -- Bougainville: conflict deferred? / Anthony Regan -- The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT): diminishing violence or violent peace? / Kabita Chakma and Bina D'Costa -- Eastern Burma: long wars without exhaustion / Desmond Ball and Nicholas Farrelly -- 11. Fiji: the politics of conflict reduction / John Fraenkel -- Southern Thailand: marginalization, injustice and the failure to govern / Tyrell Haberkorn -- Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas: cause or symptom of national insecurity? / Paul D'Arcy -- Southern Philippines: the ongoing saga of Moro separatism / Ron J. May -- Kashmir: placating frustrated people / Christopher Snedden -- The southern highlands of Papua New Guinea: conflict ignored / Nicole Haley -- Conclusion.