Conflict’s Long Game: A Decade of Violence in the Bangsamoro

ABOUT THE BOOK
Conflict’s long game in the Bangsamoro offers an incisive analysis of the peace and conflict terrain of the Bangsamoro region captured by a granular database of violent conflict incidents from 2010 to 2020. The reports in this anthology
provide valuable insights into the intricate dynamics at play that policy makers, development workers, and peacebuilders can utilize when designing programs and initiatives that are both conflict sensitive and growth enhancing. Conflict Alert’s panel data bares a tale of declining violence amidst newly emerging conflicts that national, regional, and local
government units in Muslim Mindanao, including civil society, and businesses can only ignore at their own peril. Edited by Francisco J. Lara, Jr. and Nikki Philline C. de la Rosa, leading scholars in Mindanao studies, this book exposes the high stakes involved—the ten chapters focus on the underlying conflict dynamics beneath political and
governance-related violence, rebellion, violent extremism, identity based violence including gender, land and resource- related violence, and common crimes. These chapters
uncover original insights on conflict strings, the morphing identities, and multicausal violence using statistical data woven in stories and narratives that speak of violence but also the triumph of peacebuilding efforts. The final chapter unveils the story behind Conflict Alert’s development and implementation, sharing knowledge and insights that can help other regions and countries build a bespoke database that provide an objective and credible evidence base crucial
for informing peacebuilding and development practice and policy. The book is particularly important in this critical time
when communal and inter-state violence is on the rise.