A book by NPC chairman Dr. Joe William on The Peace Process in Sri Lanka after the Ceasefire Agreement from 2002-2008: Systemic Conflict Transformation and its Application to the Peace
Process in Sri Lanka was launched in Colombo. The book analyses the successes and the failures of the peace process and the lessons learnt through the lens of systemic conflict transformation theory.
Political scientist Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda noted that the book had been carefully researched. He said that the systemic conflict transformation analysis that Dr. William had undertaken for his PhD research at Bradford University, UK, had shown that without structural change there could not be a changed outcome. Prof. Uyangoda complimented the author for being a practitioner who had based his analysis on both theory and practice.
Strategic management expert Peter Rezel observed that the book was the fruit of over three decades of work at multiple levels in the field of peacebuilding that both preceded and superseded the ceasefire period. The vast experience of the author as an activist, practitioner and academic, his lived experiences and his passionate commitment to the cause of peace was reflected throughout the book.
Others who spoke included Prof. M. S. Mookiah and Peter d’Almeida. The book is published by the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka and is translated into Sinhala and Tamil.