Local patriotism and the need for sound language and education policies in the southern border provinces / Gothom Arya -- Understanding reconciliation problematigue in Thai society / Chaiwat Satha-Anand -- Building high-trust cultures for peace in the south of Thailand / Warayuth Sriwarakuel -- Nation-state and the muslim identity in the southern unrest and violence / Thanet Aphornsuvan -- Educational change for building peace in southern border provinces of Thailand / Ibrahem Narongraksakhet -- The ethno-religious dimension of the conflict in Southern Thailand / Imtiyaz Yusuf -- The Malaysian factor in the prospects for peace in Southern Thailand / Omar Farouk Bajunid -- Divided loyalties: the moral basis of peace in a multicultural world of conflict and humiliation / Gerhold K. Becker -- Keynote address - The cosmology of the southern conflict / Surin Pitsuwan.