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by amorphid
3411 days ago
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Any tips for reading up on how different communities can learn to coexist peacefully? I sometimes wonder if different groups go to war because the individuals on either side don't have effective tools for demanding peaceful alternatives from their leaders. |
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A) Balance of power (roughly equal in strength)
B) Mutual dependence (trade)
C) Some degree of truthfulness and transparency (i.e. freedom of information, speech, free press, institutions with integrity)
Nations co-exist peacefully in a dynamic equilibrium. When that equilibrium is shifted (one weak, one strong i.e. power vacuum) - this creates conflict.
This is why 'peacekeeping' as envisioned by the UN largely failed. A bunch of lightly-armed 'blue helmets' effectively does nothing to remedy the underlying causes driving conflict.