Post-Conflict Power-Sharing Agreements

Imad Salamey is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution at the Lebanese American University.
Mohammed Abu-Nime r is Senior Advisor to KAICIID and Professor in the School of International Service at American University, USA.
Elie Abouaoun is Director of Middle East and North Africa Programs at the US Institute of Peace.

1. Introduction: Comparative Post-Conflict Power Sharing Models for Syria
The Dilemma of Post "Arab Spring" TransitionDeclining States and Rising CommunitarianismThe Syrian Conflict and Prospective ResolutionsPeacebuilding in SyriaPower Sharing as PeacebuildingComparative Power Sharing AgreementsConclusion
2. Resolving Identity Conflict in the Middle East: A Theoretical Understanding
Theoretical Definition of Identity ConflictResolving Identity Conflict Through Power SharingThe Syrian Conflict and ConsociationalismConclusion
3. Bridging Elite and Grassroots Initiatives: The Road to Sustainable Peace in Syria
IntroductionThe Syrian Conflict: Dilemmas for Mediators Elite Level Process: Power Sharing Arrangements and Non-Retributive Justice MeasuresPolitical Power Sharing + Non-Retributive Justice InitiativesMilitary Power Sharing + Non-Retributive Justice InitiativesEconomic Power Sharing + Non-Retributive Justice InitiativesLocal Level Process: Peacebuilding and ReconciliationConclusion
4. Peace-Building in Syria Through Power-Sharing: A Study of Possibilities
IntroductionThe Consociational Model of Power SharingPeacebuilding and Power SharingIndian Power Sharing (1947-67)Lebanese Power Sharing (1943-75)Peace Processes through Power Sharing in SyriaPower Sharing Possibilities in SyriaOverarching LoyaltyExternal ThreatTradition of AccommodationSmall Population and Territory SizeConclusion
5. Women Leading Reconciliation: A Paradigm Shift in Conflict Resolutions
Gender Roles in Peace-buildingGender Violence in the Syrian ConflictThe Existing Debate on Conflict Resolution and GenderPolitics, Protection, and PrivilegeThe Need for a Paradigm Shift Gender Role in Conflict Reconciliation among the SyriansConclusion
6. Pathways to Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Islamist Groups in Lebanon and Mali
IntroductionReconciliation and Islamist PathwaysThe Insufficiencies of Classical ApproachesSituational Logic and Power IssuesThe Case of Lebanon: Salafism and the Constraints of RealpolitikThe Case of Mali: Global Religious Cleavages or Local Grievances?Conclusion and Some Tentative Lessons for Reconciliation in Syria
7. Could the Partition be the Way to End the Syrian War?
IntroductionBurdens and Obstacles for the Success of Desecuritization StrategiesThe Prospect of Failure for Power Sharing as a Guide to the Desecuritization of Ethnic ConflictsPros and Cons of a Partition Plan: A New Course of Action Proposed by the International Powers: US and RussiaFinal Considerations
8. Ways forward in Syria
Crisis in Post-Arab Spring National DiscourseConflict Mitigation in SyriaMulti-Communitarian ConsociationalismPower Sharing for Syria: A Reconciliation PathwayPeacebuilding Prerequisites for Power Sharing AgreementsConclusion: The Challenges Ahead

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