5.1.3 Cultural conflicts in Southeast Asia are almost solely a domestic phenomenon.
96 percent of cultural conflicts in Southeast Asia are carried out within states and are thus domestic.
In this regard, the sub-region is four percent above the overall Asian level and a marked 15
percent above the world-wide level. This means that conflicts concerning cultural issues are almost
only a domestic phenomenon in Southeast Asia. By contrast, conflicts on cultural issues are rarely
fought out between states: the proportion of non-cultural conflicts among interstate conflicts has
reached 87 percent in Southeast Asia and is thus 10 percent higher than the overall Asian average.
This aspect must be emphasized since from the overall view the region of Southeast Asia is
highly heterogeneous in cultural terms. We can expect that interstate cultural conflicts will be more
likely here than in other Asian sub-regions that are less diverse or in other regions of the world.
Evidently, regional governments have succeeded in developing mechanisms that prevent existing
cultural tensions and conflicts within communities from “spilling over” and thus turning into interstate
conflicts.
cultural violent crisis
in Southeast Asia
cultural limited wars
and wars in Southeast
Asia
cultural violent crisis
in Asia, total
cultural limited wars
and wars in Asia,
total