Peace and Conflict Studies
Abstract
Excerpt
The “Post-Cold War” world presents staggering contrasts. On the one hand, the threat of annihilation has receded, totalitarianism seems to be in retreat and there is greater interest in such issues as sustainable development, human rights and good governance. On the other hand, however, political and economic instability seem chronic in many regions, and there is a sense of drift both within many countries and at the global level. Prominent on the “new agenda” of world politics is the apparent rising tide of communal conflicts around the planet: a trend which has both positive and negative aspects. Communalism is a threat to both the material and ideational foundations of the nation-state, and potentially, to the entire international status quo; but precisely because communal conflicts so often turn violent and have proved resistant to traditional methods of containment and resolution, they have stimulated the search for more innovative, more comprehensive, and more fully human approaches to dealing with conflict.
Keywords
Arab-Israeli conflict, ceasefire process, John Burton, Joseph Montville, national reconciliation, Northern Ireland, peace negotiations, Post-Cold War, Reconciliation, Republican political culture, truth commissions
Publication Date
5-2000
Recommended Citation
Peace and Conflict Studies
(2000)
"Volume 7, Number 1 (May 2000),"
Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol7/iss1/4