International Peace-Making—Creating Post-Conflict Structures of Government
Journal: Open Journal of Political Science
Year: 2016

The means by which ethno-religious conflicts are resolved must themselves be “peace-ful”. So arbitration must be neutral, i.e., international. And discussions must involve not just the combatants but also representatives of those in civil society who are not involved in the conflict. After much shuttle diplomacy perhaps, they must all come together to reach a settlement. In other words, they should talk with each other. If need be, they might also vote, “peace-fully”, not (for-or-)against each o