・Research period: 2017-2022 (extended due to COVID-19)
・Allocation amount: 14,430,000 yen (direct cost: 11,100,000 yen, indirect cost: 3,330,000 yen)

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This research is based on “Research on the relevance and usefulness of hybrid peacebuilding in Asia: the fusion of stage-building and community-building”. “Establishment of Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Governance in Southeast Asia and Border Regions” (Principal Investigator: Mitsuru Yamada) and “Post-Conflict State Building and Security Sector Reform” (Principal Investigator: Hiromi Fujishige) were also used as the basis for this research. The purpose of this research is to constructively integrate the research results of two related subjects and to present them to the world. This research will be conducted with overseas co-researchers and the results will be situated in international scholarly discussions.

 

In the basic research, we studied the relevance and effectiveness of hybrid peacebuilding that respects the values  and culture of local communities while fusing them with the Western values  and systems brought in by the international community. Focusing on Asian conflict areas (Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Aceh, Mindanao, Sri Lanka, Nepal) where previous research has been inadequate, this project sought to fill in the gap that existed in the interaction between the Western stage-building led by the international community and the endogenous community-building rooted in the values and culture of the local society. In particular two thematic areas, the democratization (democratic governance/democratic elections) and stabilization (security sector reform), were examined.

 

In this research, we continued to focus on these two points, leading the debate on hybrid peacebuilding in the field of Asian area studies and aimed at establishing Asian perspectives in the international scholarly literature on peacebuilding led by the West, thereby connecting the two and promoting exchange and dialogue of the two approaches.

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