Conclusion: Lessons

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2013

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Aspinall, Edward
Regan, Anthony
Jeffrey, Robin

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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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What causes conflicts to diminish? Reviewing the diverse cases in this book led us to devise a list of five broad �ingredients�, which are part of most �recipes� for diminution of conflict. These ingredients were far from being evenly distributed across our cases. The intensity of each ingredient varies; so too does the �method� � the manner in which they blend. No single ingredient contains a key to peace, and some that seemed decisive in ending one conflict were entirely absent in others. Some ingredients � the use of force by governments, for example � that played a role in diminishing conflict in one place had the opposite effect in another. Yet where conflicts subsided and underlying dynamics of conflict were addressed, the same characteristics tended to recur � and their absence or weakness were common in those conflicts that seemed so intractable.

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Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't

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2037-12-31