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This book presents a mixture of issues in building peace in Southeast Asia. The chapters here look at conflict resolution and peacebuilding as complex actions that necessitate really understanding the issues, and with the involvement and contribution of all actors, including members of society. The first three chapters are macro in nature, giving a general view of the conflict resolution and peacebuilding process, while the other chapters look more closely at specific countries and case studies – Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The case studies are also of different types of conflicts and involving different sets of issues – from community issues in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia, to armed conflicts in revolutionary and self determination type conflicts in Indonesia and the Philippines. In all, despite the seemingly curious mix of case studies, the chapters reflect the many ways that conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts are being carried out in this region. Some of them can be termed conventional, while others less so, reflecting the intricacies of the conflicts and of life in the region.
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