Ethnic Conflict and Peace Process: A Comparative Study in Aceh and Mindanao
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Abstract
The paper applies comparative framing analysis to explore ethnic conflict and peace process in Aceh, Indonesia and Mindanao, Philippines. The objectives of the paper are to study the ethnic conflicts, the peace process and analyze why the conflict in Aceh has been resolved and Mindanao has not. The grievance of the ethnic conflicts in Aceh and Mindanao are over human rights violations,the imbalance of economic policies, the setting of unjust social policies, and an ignorance of local values by the governments. The Aceh conflict was resolved after the signing of the Helsinki peace agreement between the Indonesia government and Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM)mediated by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) in 2005. On the other hand, the 1976 Tripoli Agreement for special autonomy, the 1987 Jeddah Accord for expanding of autonomy and the 1996 Final Peace Agreement have been signed between Manila government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNFL) but the conflict is still on-going.
The successful resolution of the Aceh conflict was due to the political will of the Indonesian government, the unity of the rebel group, the third-party mediator, the special autonomy and the Tsunami. The obstacles for conflict resolution in southern Philippines are a lack of the political will by the Manila government, insurgency groups, weak mediator as the third party and spoilers.
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- เนื้อหาและข้อมูลที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
- บทความและข้อมูล ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำข้อมูลไปใช้ประโยชน์ในทางวิชาการ ขอให้อ้างอิงแหล่งที่มาด้วย
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