MBP ASEAN:ETHNIC CONFLICT

11 May 2010

MAP ASEAN

Understanding:1. Religious Conflict2. Ethnic Conflict3. Vertical Conflict (Government-Group/Sub-nation), ex/ GAM Vs Pemerintah Indonesia4. Horizontal Conflict

Basic for ResurgenceReligious :- minority depression “peyorasi Muslim Pattani di Thailand”- their religion is different to state/majority religion- “intentions” create states based on religion- global religion unity (e.g. Pattani Thailand case raises “global religion unity” from Malaysia, Brunei and other Islam States

Basic for Resurgence

Economics- Economic gap- Unfairness of economic benefit- Unequal economic development, and allocation

Basic for Resurgence

Political :- unfairness of political promise- un fairness of political representative- unsustainable political policy: transmigration, assimilation- enforce mono-ethnic policy“failed government solution for separatist movement”

Social- race/sub nation threatening “Burma’s case”- cultural practice undermined/marginalized “Pattani’s Case”

Intensify resentment

Political conflict management- neglect the aspiration- force approach

Military solution Elite mobilisationSupport from regional/internationalLegitimation building