Peacebuilding After Ethnoreligious Violence

Harvard FAS

Identity-based conflict seems to be on the rise. Many countries in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Former Soviet Union have witnessed wars and conflict and riots that are ostensibly waged for ethnic or religious reasons. Even if they are not the root cause of these conflicts, such identities often become politically salient as a result of violence targeting ethnic or religious “others” and, once activated, exhibit remarkable stickiness in social…