We present another thought-provoking issue of the International Journal of Conflict and Reconciliation

The members of the Editorial Board, colleagues who reviewed submissions, our webmaster, and the copy editor join Professor Tola Pearce and me in a heartfelt welcome to the second issue of Volume 2.

The lead paper by Brian Ikejiaku is a thought-provoking comparative analysis of the potential that reconciliation, coupled with political leadership, holds for the peace process in North Africa.

Grazvydas Jasutis explores the  Ossetian-Ingush conflict in the Russian North Caucasus, an area of the world that stands apart for its dizzying array and volume of violence.  As such, with the help of  what Jasutis calls conflict methodology, the paper dissects causes and proposes reconciliation through the application of human needs theory.

Melanie Zurba and Holly Ann Friesen use a community-based participatory action research project, creativity through native art, to help the Anishinaabe people of Northwest Ontario, Canada, move away from the paralyzing effects of colonialization toward reconciliation, empowerment, and community cohesion.

Book reviews are by Herbert Tillema, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Missouri (World Order Henry Kissinger);  James Earhart, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Columbia College (Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David Lawrence Wright); Jeff Stilley, Ph.D. candidate in sociology, University of Missouri (The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Edward E. Baptist).

Richard M. Hessler and Tola Pearce, Co-Editors

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