Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo is a scholar in the field of peacebuilding, international intervention and statebuilding, with a regional focus on Asia. She has conducted research on the evolution and internationalization of ethno-political conflicts, with a particular interest in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. She is developing a growing research agenda in the field of diaspora and transnational studies. Amaia holds a BSc in International Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid, an MSc in International Affairs from Georgetown University and a PhD from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is currently a part-time lecturer at the International University in Geneva and has previously worked for several local NGOs in India, and for the UNHCR in Costa Rica, Kenya and Sri Lanka.

• PART I: A CRITICAL VIEW ON 'GLOBAL' LIBERAL PEACEBUILDING AND STATEBUILDING 1. Introduction: The Way of Terrain I 2. Challenging Liberal Peacebuilding as Part of Liberal Internationalism PART II: LESSONS FROM THE SRI LANKAN CASE: 2002-09 3. Evolution of the Sri Lankan Conflict up to 2002 4. Sri Lanka's Recent Peace Process and a Military Termination to the Conflict 5. External Involvement in Sri Lanka's 2002 Peace Process PART III: THE REGION TO THE FORE: EXTERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN ASIA 6. Regional Power Shifts in Asia: External Involvement in Intra-State Conflicts 7. The Case of Myanmar: What Role for the Region? PART IV: CONCLUSION 8. Conclusion: What Indeed is Good and Appropriate