The alliance of civilizations: Possibilities of conflict resolution at the civilizational level*

Insight Turkey

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 77-94

  Köse, Talha ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETA Washington DC Office   (United States)

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2. Chris Brown, "International Society, Cultural Diversity and the Clash (or Dialogue) of Civilizations," Paper presented at Internationa Symposium: Civilizations and World Orders (May 12, 2006).
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7. Dialogic is characterized or constituted by the interactive, responsive nature of dialogue rather than by the single-mindedness of monologue. "dialogic" Chris Baldick, The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) Oxford Reference Online, Oxford University Press, George Mason Law, accessed date: 18 June 2009.http://www. oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t56.e309
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18. For many years dialogue processes and problem solving workshops have been conducted among the intellectuals, journalists, religious leaders, politicians and young people that experience Palestine-Israeli Conflict, Balkan Conflicts, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and Tajikistan conflicts. In many cases these workshops and dialogue processes had not brought concrete outcomes yet created a common space and opened new channels for better communication and understanding.
19. Saunders, A public peace process: Sustained dialogue to transform racial and ethnic conflicts.
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27. Jurgen Habermas, "Discourse ethics: Notes on a program of philosophical justification," in Moral consciousness and communicative action (MA: MIT Press, 1990), p.43-115.
28. Avruch, "Culture theory, culture clash, and the practice of conflict resolution." p. 241-253.
29. Avruch, "Culture theory, culture clash, and the practice of conflict resolution." p. 241-253.
30. Buber, I and Thou, p.97.
31. Mikhail Mikhaǐlovich Bakhtin and Michael Holquist, The dialogic imagination (Texas: University of Texas Press, 1982).
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33. S. Allen-Nan and C. Mitchell, "Local Zones of Peace as a Form of Institutionalized Conflict: Some Introductory Thoughts," The Construction of Sanctuary: Local Zones of Peace Amid Protracted Conflict. Virginia: George Mason University-Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (2004) p. 3-8.
34. Mitchell and Nan, "Local peace zones as institutionalized conflict." p: 159.
35. R. J. Alexander, Education as dialogue: Moral and pedagogical choices for a runaway world (Hong Kong Institute of Education; Dialogos UK, 2006).
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37. http://www.un.org/documents/ares566e.pdf
38. On September 30 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the prophet Muhammed in a pejorative way. These derogatory cartoons created public unrest in Muslim world, recalling the legacy of Eurocentric discrimination.
39. In his lecture delivered on 12 September 2006 at the University of Regensburg in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II, saying "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". BBC News Article: Pope sorry for offending Muslims, last accessed September 17, 2006, BBC Article. In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope last accessed September 17, 2006. Those comments disturbed Muslims all over world; Muslim politicians, religious leaders and others registered protests against the insult to Islam.
40. The September 11 2001 attacks and the Madrid and London bombings in particular increased Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism in many western societies. Institutions such as the UK-based Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) and the Vienna-based European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), try to monitor and combat Islamophobia. Nonetheless, Islamophobic discourse has continued to spread very quickly due to the irresponsible and discriminatory speeches of some politicians and religious elite in the US and Europe.
41. http://www.unesco.org/dialogue2001/
42. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sgsm10004.doc.htm
43. "United Nations - Alliance of Civilizations - Priority Areas," http://www.unaoc.org/content/ view/79/112/lang,english/.
44. For the list of partner organizations; http://www.unaoc.org/content/view/ 227/217/lang,english/.
45. http://www.un.org/documents/a54-116.PDF
46. According to mentor of this new foreign policy paradigm Turkish Minister of Foreign Affair Ahmet Davutoǧlu, Turkey's geographical, historical and cultural "depth" or richness gives Turkey certain responsibilities and provides Turkey unique opportunities as a partner in such a project. Ahmet Davutoǧlu, Stratejik Derinlik: Türkiyenin Uluslararasi Konumu (İstanbul: Küre Yayinlari, 2001); Ahmet Davutoǧlu, "Turkey's Foreign Policy Vision: An Assessment of 2007," Insight Turkey 10, no.1 (2008), p.77-96
47. http://www.unaoc.org/content/view/39/187/lang,english/
48. http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode= 38314&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
49. http://www.unaoc.org/images/aoc%20forum%20report%20madrid%20complete.pdf
50. http://www.aocistanbul.org/default.en.mfa
51. The detailed summary of the list can be found in the summary report of the Madrid forum http://www.unaoc.org/images/ aoc%20forum%20report%20madrid%20complete.pdf, ant the UN- AOC website http://www.unaoc.org
52. 83 countries and 17 international organizations are currently the members (Group of Friends) of the project. For the list of countries http://www.unaoc.org/content/view/115/174/lang,english/
53. http://www.aocmedialiteracy.org/
54. For the details of the media strategy http://www.unaoc.org/repository/ thematic-media.pdf