“Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.” PeopleImportantGoalMiddleSecurityConflictEuropeResponsibleProsperityWorthyEastMiddle EastOppressedStoppingAsiaGovernancePromotingEthnic ConflictEast Asia Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.” LooksPoorPovertyConflictResourcesPrejudiceCompetitionInjusticeCorruptionRootedGovernance Author:Desmond Tutu
“Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need. It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.” WorldNeedsDifferentSocialReligiousSpaceCommonExistenceGroupsConflictAgreeSignificantContributionCanadaGovernanceHarmoniousDissensionSocial GroupsAgree Upon Author:Aga Khan IV
“Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology and bad governance than on resource scarcity.” ProduceDependsConflictWasteResourcesMiseryClimateClimate ChangeScalesIdeologyGovernanceScarcityLarge ScaleArmed Conflict Author:Steven Pinker
“In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.” HumansSituationRightsMilitaryEasierConflictTrainHuman RightsTerroristStrifeGovernanceViolationLawlessnessGood Governance Author:Gijs de Vries