International Conflict, Religion and Culture: Implications for Southeast Asia and Australia

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This study will: (1) Provide governments and their agencies critical benchmarks and strategic options for policy development and public discourse, especially in periods of international tension; (2) Offer religious and ethnic organisations greater expertise and more usable resources to help defuse potential conflict and hostility within Australian society; (3) Widen media skills in interpreting and disseminating material originating from diverse religious and cultural sources; (4) Enhance Australia's reputation as a vibrant multicultural society able to develop cutting-edge dialogical programmes; (5) Help to make Australia's engagement with Asia more sensitive to the religious and cultural dimensions of international diplomacy.