People
Ram Manikkalingam
Founder & Director
Ram Manikkalingam founded and directs DAG, and teaches politics at the University of Amsterdam. He has extensive experience working on mediation and diplomacy at senior levels in government, civil society and with international organisations. He advised then President Kumaratunga on the ceasefire and reconstruction in peace talks with the Tamil Tigers. He led the Rockefeller Foundation’s work on International Security, where he supported programmes to end the recruitment of child soldiers, ban anti-personnel mines and monitor the work of the UN Security Council. At DAG, he led teams that disarmed the Basque separatist armed group ETA, and the Irish Republican dissident armed group INLA, and worked on several efforts to pursue political dialogues in difficult conflict situations.
Mediator optimistic on Eta ceasefire
BBC
Mediators seal Eta weapons
BBC
Ram Manikkalingam on the dangers Sri Lanka faces during the transition, July 13, 2022
BBC
Ram Manikkalingam interviewed by the BBC on the day the president was deposed in Sri Lanka July 9, 2022
BBC
Ram Manikkalingam on the protests and political situation in Sri Lanka, May 11, 2022
BBC
About DAG’s methods
Ram Manikkalingam
Articles
> Promoting Peace and Protecting Rights: How are Human Rights Good and Bad for Resolving Conflict?
> Collection of articles by Ram Manikkalingam on Open Democracy