Should divided states emerging from violent conflict explicitly recognize ethnic diversity, or should they avoid this? Which strategy promotes peace? And why is ethnic recognition adopted in the first place?

In this podcast episode, Dr. Dana Landau invites Elisabeth King, Professor of International Education and Politics at New York University, and Cyrus Samii, Associate Professor in the Wilf Family Department of Politics of New York University, authors of the recently published book “Diversity, Violence, and Recognition: How Recognizing Ethnic Identity Promotes Peace”. The authors explain their new theory for understanding the adoption of ethnic recognition and its effects on peace. They refer to the examples of Rwanda, Burundi, or Ethiopia, which they used as qualitative case studies alongside a large quantitative cross-national study in their book.