Comparative research report about the Åland Example and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (the Philippines)
Report no. 2/2015 in the series Rapport från Ålands fredsinstitut – Report from the Åland Islands Peace Institute: The Åland Example Applied – a Case Study of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
The Åland Example and its three components – autonomy, minority protection and demilitarisation and neutralisation – have long been presented as a source of inspiration for conflict resolution both in theory and in practice. In the newest addition to this research, political scientist Gustav Blomberg compares the so-called functionality factors of the Åland Example to the implementation of the semi-functional autonomy in Muslim Mindanao (Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, ARMM) in the southern Philippines. The territorial conflict behind, with origins in the Spanish colonisation, is one of the oldest in the world and concerns different Muslim groupings in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic society.
Blomberg asks the question: can the Åland Example be applied as a source of inspiration in Muslim Mindanao and if so, in what way? Is it possible to pinpoint what hampers a development towards a successful autonomy for the region?
An information sheet on the report can be found here.
The full report in pdf can be downloaded here.
