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| KU Conference Day 2 | | Experts suggest alternatives to diffuse conflicts | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 18- The second day of the 3-day international conference on “Eurasian Peace and Co-operation” at Kashmir University witnessed a healthy debate on several issues confronting the Eurasian regions, with experts and academics suggesting several alternatives to diffuse different conflicts.
In his paper titled “Conceptualizing Alternatives to Eurasian Peace and Co-operation,” senior KU professor, M A Kaw, focused on the nature and character of the potential threats to the region and suggested several alternatives to diffuse the conflicts in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Georgia, Middle East, Xinxiang and Kashmir. “The contending parties should take cognizance of the ground realities and prefer co-existence to co-annihilation,” he said.
The 3-day conference has been organized by the varsity’s prestigious Centre of Central Asian Studies. Prof Kaw is the Area Study Director of the Centre. “The conflicts can be resolved by taking all parties into confidence through peaceful dialogue,” he stressed, adding that peace was pre-requisite for regional co-operation, which “entails the concerned parties to slash down expenditure on defence and its consequential diversion to works of public utility.”
Russaian professor, Sergi Serebriany read out his paper on “Implications of the Global Financial and Economic Crises on the International Economic and Political System,” Prof. Shimizu Manabui, of Tokoyo University, Japan said that in spite of the apparent weakening caused by the economic crises, international monetary system is still under the hegemony of the US and all decisions of the present international monetary system are dictated by US.
Ya Ser from Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, China said that China can play a crucial role in the peace and development of Eurasia. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor, Ghandhi National Centre for Culture and Arts, New Delhi presented the paper entitled “Cultivation of Arts in Achieving Real World Peace in the Age of Globalization”.
Gregory Gleason, an eminent Political Scientist of New Mexico University, USA presented a paper on “New Initiatives in South-Asian Politico-Military Normalization”. Mondira Dutta, of JNU in her power point presentation on “North- South Transport Corridor: Promoting Economic Integration and Regional Cooperation” highlighted the transport network in Eurasia and maintained that need of an hour is to improve the transport network for economic development of the Eurasia.
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