Welcome reception, Mount Lavinia Hotel Terrace
Participants free to make their own arrangements for dinner

Thursday, 15 March

Welcome remarks and introductions

History and Overview of Project

Preliminary Discussion

Ideologically and Religiously driven violence & State Responses

Remarks:	Varun Sahni, Vince Boudreau
Chair:	Itty Abraham
Discussant:	[TBD]
	What are the differences between acts of violence carried out by right-wing, religious-political and left-wing movements, respectively?
	Have religiously inspired violent groups replaced those driven by ideological motivations?
	What are the differences in the states’ responses to these distinct kinds of political violence?
	How successful is state repression as a strategy?
	What impact does the groups’ transnational character have?
	How are the goals and modes of operation of each of these groups distinct, if so?

Female Suicide Bombers 

Mass Violence and Riots

Remarks:	Paul Brass
Chair:	Meredith Weiss
Discussant:	[TBD]
	Why are mass violence and riots instigated? Who are the instigators and do they share a a similarity of goals across different cases?
	What role does religion play in the instigation of such mass violence?

Political Assassination 

Chair:	Itty Abraham
Discussant:	[TBD]
	Why do political assassinations seem to be so frequent in South and South East Asia compared to other regions?
	How have political assassinations historically figured as a political strategy in South and Southeast Asia; how has this altered, if at all, recently?
	Does the history of political assassination indicate anything about the moral and ideational basis of postcolonial politics today?

Dinner for participants hosted by IPA/UNU Mount Lavinia Hotel

Borders & Violence

Remarks:	Paula Banerjee, Saba Gul Khattak, Jacqueline Siapno
Chair:	Meredith Weiss
Discussant:	[TBD]
	Several international borders drawn during the colonial period dispersed once-homogenous cultural communities between two or more states. Under what circumstances have those cartographic divisions led to violent conflicts (secessionist movements, struggle for autonomy…) in South and Southeast Asia and why? What other factors played a role?
	What are the implications when violent conflicts fall across disputed international borders – such as Northeast Myanmar/India/China or Indonesia/East Timor/Aceh?
	If a common root of political violence in South and Southeast Asia is the colonial cartographic division of the region that dispersed once-homogenous cultural communities, why have some states opted for national identities that separate them from traditionally common roots with their neighbors?

External influences

Remarks:	Darini Rajasingham, Natasha Hamilton Hart
Chair:	Ted Newman
Discussant:	[TBD]
	How has the international and regional political environment shaped the dynamics of political violence in the region? What has changed since the end of the Cold War?
	How have external agents, from superpowers to regional powers, impacted the conditions, and stability of South and Southeast Asia?
	What impact does the US-led “Global War on Terror” have on conflict dynamis and states’ responses?
	How have conflicts abroad affected domestic or national political violence – what is the relationship between the conflict abroad and the conflict at home?
	What is the role of external resources, influences and constraints on violent political movements in South Asia and Southeast Asia?

Synthesis and conclusions

Logistics & Follow Up to Workshop
Sebastian von Einsiedel

This session will cover dates for the next workshop, specifics and deadlines for the next chapters, suggested resources etc.

Reception at ICES