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Skirmishes On The Temporal Boundaries Of States, Meir Dan-Cohen

Meir Dan-Cohen

Seeks to better understand conflict resolution via the vehicle of time. The future is the tool by which resolution may be achieved, provided the past is also considered, and not allowed to form a barrier. To this end, looks at the reductionist answer to resolution, which the author finds lacking in effectiveness. Two other approaches to considering damage caused in the past are the ontological and epistemological, both which also have their shortcomings. The author suggests rather that by the vehicles of apology and forgiveness, reparations, and other means of contrition, the disparity between, say, two nations, may be alleviated …