The Voices of Ex-fighters: From Conflict to Peace Building
Online via Webex
The Department of Political and International Studies at the School of Arts and Sciences invites you to the talk event as part of its Guest Speaker Series.
About the event
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Violent conflict destabilizes nations, weakens public trust in institutions, incurs human losses, and complicates any return to normalcy. Analysts frequently suggest that recurrent conflict is often rooted in earlier outbreaks, perpetuating cycles of violence.
This talk aims to offer a different perspective, illustrating how individual agency can disrupt these cycles and lay the groundwork for sustainable peace.
About the speaker
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Assaad Emile Chaftari
Ex-Senior Intelligence Officer of the Lebanese Forces
Assaad Emile Chaftari was an active participant in the Lebanese Civil War in his capacity as a senior member of the security and intelligence services of the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF). He co-negotiated the Tripartite Agreement on behalf of the LF in 1985. He was a co-founder of the WAED, the National Secular Democratic Party, in 1990.
As of 1994, Chaftari renounced his political commitments. He issued a public letter of repentance and apology to his victims in February 2000. Then, he initiated and coached the production of a documentary in 2015 called You and I, Knowing Each Other’s Religion.