Ram Manikkalingam

Ram Manikkalingam is a board member of the Sri Lankan President’s Office for National Unity and Reconciliation. He teaches politics at the University of Amsterdam and directs the Dialogue Advisory Group.

The politics of punishing war crimes in Sri Lanka

Prioritising the punishment of war criminals in Sri Lanka over other measures to achieve reconciliation risks re-empowering the extremists and undermining the government’s genuine reform efforts.

By Ram Manikkalingam

/ 8 Feb 2016

The mufti and the general: lessons from Somalia

I recently visited Somalia to attend a meeting of religious figures, clan elders and women leaders.Ram Manikkalingam is an advisor to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and a visiting

By Ram Manikkalingam

/ 29 May 2008

Al-Qaida: from centre to periphery

More than six years after 11 September 2001, the United States's war against al-Qaida has reached a stalemate. Osama bin Laden remains at large, Al-Qaida has not been

By Ram Manikkalingam and Pablo Policzer

/ 9 Oct 2007