Few things pose more risk to international businesses than the eruption of mass violence in one of our markets—violence that can spill beyond its borders. All countries possess innumerable fault lines: social, cultural, ideological & political; racial, ethnic, religious & linguistic; economic, regional & ecological. Why do some societies thrive in such diversity, while others result in catastrophic failure? This critical question was the subject of a deep-dive multi-country study led by South Africa’s Brenthurst Foundation, Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Israel’s Dayan Center. This w
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