Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation
Projects
RECENT PROJECTS FLETCHER SYMPOSIUM: Reassessing the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict in the Aftermath of Russia-Georgia War On September 26, 2009 the Imagine Center, in Partnership with the Fletcher School of Law in Diplomacy in the US, organized a symposium titled “Reassessing the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict in the Aftermath of Russia-Georgia War.” The goal of the symposium was to provide a forum for Armenian and Azerbaijani scholars and diplomats to reassess the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in light of the changing situation in the region following the Russian-Georgian war and discuss approaches to its resolution. 16 panelists from Azerbaijan and Armenia. participated in the symposium. The opening panel featured the Consul General of Azerbaijanin Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov and the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Armenia in Washington, DC Varuzhan Nersessian, Both Mr. Suleymanov and Mr. Nersisyan attended the Symposium in their personal capacity as alumni of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Other panelists from Armenia included Gayane Novikova from the Center for Strategic Analysis in Yerevan, Rouben Shugaryan, professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia among other experts. Panelists from Azerbaijan included Fariz Ismayilzadeh from the Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy, Gulshan Pashayeva from the Center for Strategic Studies in Baku and others. The co-directors of the Imagine Center Jale Sultanli and Phil Gamaghelyan participated in a panel discussing the role of history education in the conflict. During the symposium, four panels convened discussing such topics as the challenges and prospects for peace and cooperation in the South Caucasus region in the aftermath of Russia-Georgia war; developments and difficulties in the Nagorno Karabakh peace process, the role of history, identity and ethnicity in the conflict and mechanisms for addressing those elements, as well as various approaches to the resolution of the conflict.
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PAST PROJECTS
Follow Up Activities Planning Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2010: 10 participants
Dialogue For Action, Azerbaijani-Armenian Retreat, Tbilisi, Georgia, August 2009: 16 participants
Conflict Resolution Trainings in Yerevan and Baku, June 2009: 30 participants
Imagine Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue and Retreat, West Virginia, USA May, 2009: 14 participants
Follow Up Activities Planning Workshop, Catskills, NY: 8 participants
Imagine Azerbaijani-Armenian Dialogue and Retreat, North Carolina, USA, May, 2008: 14 participants
Imagine, Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue and Retreat, Maine, USA, May 2007: 12 participants
In conflict resolution four intervention strategies can be distinguished: conflict prevention, conflict management, conflict resolution and conflict transformation. Conflict prevention is focused on addressing the problems before the conflict escalates and turns violent. Conflict management usually refers to crisis intervention and mitigating an already violent conflict. Conflict resolution addresses the deep-rooted causes of the conflict and hostility. Conflict transformation is a long-term measure and implies a deep transformation in the societies and their relationship to one another and to the conflict. It lays a foundation for a lasting peace and co-existence after the conflict is resolved. The Imagine programs are an integral part of a long-term conflict transformation effort called to positively transform the relationship between the Azerbaijani and the Armenian societies.
Goal 2: Create further develop and strengthen the If you are interested to learn more about the program, contact us at facilitators@imaginedialogue.com
