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1995-10-01a- CIA Conference Report: THE CHALLENGE OF ETHNIC CONFLICT TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN THE 1990S GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES 01-Oct-95

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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, dated October 1995, contains the proceedings of a conference on ethnic conflict held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored it. Academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials presented papers on ethnic and territorial conflict in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. They also discussed what these conflicts mean for US policy. The document contains no UFO material.

  • p. 82 …Factors Aggravating Ethnic Divisiveness Burundi, earlier in Chad. US support for Zaire's Mobutu has contributed…
  • p. 83 …Even during the expansion of Sudan today and has been in Chad. This should not the…
  • p. 85 …In Chad, seemingly always on the verge Khartoum's rule was not enough to submerge ethnic…
  • p. 87 …In Chad, major conflict has recurred for decades and is likely to take place again. 79
  • p. 111 …able to resist the pressuresIsrael-Syria, ibya-Chad, Morcco-Algera) invites of Islamic fundamentalism. Lebanon, Syria…
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South Asia 130
Evolving Ethnicity in South Asia With Particular
Reference to India
Dr. Joseph E. Schwartzberg
Discussant: Dr. Robert Stoddard
Part-III: Regional Comparisons and Implications for the United States and
the International Community
The Demographic Backdrop to Ethnic Conflict: 151
A Geographic Overview
Dr. Gary Fuller
Ethnic Conflict and Population Displacement 155
Dr. Martin Kenzer
Forced Migration and Ethnicity 157
Dr. Lee Schwartz
Ethnic Conflict: A Comparative Examination 166
Dr. Thomas M. Poulsen
Patterns, Trends, and Regional Comparisons 175
Discussants: Dr. Marvin W. Mikesell and Dr. Mildred Berman
US Policy Perspectives: A Conceptual Approach 178
Dr. Jon Gundersen
Ethnic Conflict and US Policy 184
Dr. Wade Hinkle
Concluding Comments: Implications for the United States and the 187
International Community: Problems and Prospects
Dr. Stanley D. Brunn
Discussants: Dr. Rex Honey and Dr. Harm J. de Blij
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