Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance
This symposium celebrates the development of Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance. Several contributors discuss lessons for development and security practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs.
Overview
Note: The event webcast breaks at 12:15 p.m. and resumes at 2:15 p.m.
The United States and Japan are two of the largest sources of bilateral assistance to countries seeking to rebuild after conflict. Decades of experience illustrates the need for more effective approaches to post-conflict peacebuilding and diplomacy. Natural resource management offers as-yet underutilized approaches for peacebuilding. This symposium celebrates the development of Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance. Drawing upon analyses by U.S. and Japanese researchers and practitioners of projects from Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and elsewhere, the book identifies lessons and opportunities for how natural resource-management programs can strengthen U.S. and Japanese peacebuilding initiatives.
Please join us for a conversation with several contributors to this book as they discuss lessons for development and security practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs.
Speakers
Geoffrey D. Dabelko, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
John Cruden
Norio Yamamoto
Carl Bruch
David Catarious
Alison Lawlor Russell
Mami Sato
Will Rogers
Jon Unruh
Ilona Coyle
Lisa Goldman
Sandra Nichols
Mikio Ishiwatari
Vladislav Michalcik
Cynthia Brady
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Oliver Agoncillo
Mikiyasu Nakayama
Mikiko Sugiura
Haruka Satoh
Jennifer Wallace
Ken Conca
Alex Fischer
Nao Shimoyachi-Yuzawa
Hosted By
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
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