Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror : Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of...

Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror : Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order, Hardcover by Roberts, Adam, Sir (EDT); Hoffmann, Leonard (FRW), ISBN 1848853076, ISBN-13 9781848853072, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USThis volume contains six essays on aspects of the life and work of Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka, who was assassinated in August 2005, as well as his speeches, lectures, and reports on major issues in politics and international relations. In the first section, his colleagues detail his objectives to secure close relations with various countries, engage Sri Lanka in support of international organizations and norms, and secure the international isolation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. They outline his ideas on international relations and religious and ethnic issues in Sri Lanka; his education and career as a lawyer and foreign minister; his contributions to international relations; his life; his fight against terrorism; and reflections on his work. The subsequent documents range in date from 1964 to 2004 and relate to his visit to South Vietnam, why he entered politics, and his ideas on human rights and armed conflict, the global impact of international terrorism, preventing the recurrence of harm to war-affected children, democracy, China, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement, and other topics. Distributed in North America by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()