NEW YORK: Fateful events in Israel and Yugoslavia have obscured ongoing turmoil in Nigeria and Indonesia. Yet ethnic and religious conflict in both “megastates” is consuming many lives. We must not lose sight of the cataclysmic consequences that could result if such violence is not curbed. The problem is that both countries, hobbled by legacies of tyranny and degradation, are in danger of losing the capacity to curtail violence.
NEW YORK: Fateful events in Israel and Yugoslavia have obscured ongoing turmoil in Nigeria and Indonesia. Yet ethnic and religious conflict in both “megastates” is consuming many lives. We must not lose sight of the cataclysmic consequences that could result if such violence is not curbed. The problem is that both countries, hobbled by legacies of tyranny and degradation, are in danger of losing the capacity to curtail violence.