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

这项研究将： (1)特别是在国际紧张时期，为各国政府及其机构提供政策制定和公共讨论的关键基准和战略选择； (2)为宗教和种族组织提供更多的专业知识和更多可用的资源，以帮助化解澳大利亚社会内部潜在的冲突和敌意； (3)扩大媒体在解释和传播来自不同宗教和文化来源的材料方面的技能； (4)提高澳大利亚作为一个充满活力的多元文化社会的声誉，能够开发尖端的对话方案； (5)有助于使澳大利亚与亚洲的接触对国际外交的宗教和文化层面更加敏感。

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.