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Internal conflict or sometimes known as intra-state conflict, has become the predominant threat to the security and stability of many of the small island nations of the Southwest Pacific and particularly in the countries of Melanesia. Since the late 1980s, conflicts of varying causes and degrees of intensity have occurred in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville secession attempt), Fiji (coups and attempted coups), Vanuatu (police rebellion) and Solomon Islands (ethnic conflict and coup).These conflicts have seriously debilitated the already fragile national economies and polities of all these countries.

As such, this report will focus its analysis particularly on the ethnic tension as the intra-state conflict in the Solomon Islands. In this context a host of questions arises as to how best to resolve, contain, manage and/or transform this Ethnic Tension as an intra-state conflict in the interest of the security, stability and well being of the peoples of Solomon Islands. The analysis will mainly base on the causes of such Ethnic Tension and from those causes; possible strategic approach of how best to solve such ethnic tension will then be derived.

This research is purely based on multiple qualitative method of gathering information but mainly on historical approach. Previous studies done on General Ethnic Tension as an intra-state conflict will be the basis of this research paper, but will be done particularly in the context of how Solomon Islands experienced its Ethnic Tension.

Internal conflict or sometimes known as intra-state conflict, has become the predominant threat to the security and stability of many of the small island nations of the Southwest Pacific and particularly in the countries of Melanesia. Since the late 1980s, conflicts of varying causes and degrees of intensity have occurred in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville secession attempt), Fiji (coups and attempted coups), Vanuatu (police rebellion) and Solomon Islands (ethnic conflict and coup).These conflicts have seriously debilitated the already fragile national economies and polities of all these countries.

As such, this report will focus its analysis particularly on the ethnic tension as the intra-state conflict in the Solomon Islands. In this context a host of questions arises as to how best to resolve, contain, manage and/or transform this Ethnic Tension as an intra-state conflict in the interest of the security, stability and well being of the peoples of Solomon Islands. The analysis will mainly base on the causes of such Ethnic Tension and from those causes; possible strategic approach of how best to solve such ethnic tension will then be derived.

This research is purely based on multiple qualitative method of gathering information but mainly on historical approach. Previous studies done on General Ethnic Tension as an intra-state conflict will be the basis of this research paper, but will be done particularly in the context of how Solomon Islands experienced its Ethnic Tension.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Research Background 1
1.1.1 Mapping the Solomon Islands conflict 2
1.2 Research Motivation 5
1.3 Research Objectives 6
1.4 Research Area and Limitations 6
1.5 Conceptual Framework 7
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 9
2.1 Prevalence of ethnic conflict 11
2.2 Ethnicity and ethnic conflict—definitions 12
2.3 Underlying Causes 15
2.3.1 Cultural and perceptual factors 15
2.4 Structural Factors 17
2.4.1 Weak states 17
2.4.2 Intra-state security concerns 18
2.4.3 Ethnic geography 19
2.5 Political Factors 20
2.5.1 Discriminatory political institutions 20
2.5.2 Elite politics 21
2.6 Economic and Social Factors 22
2.6.1 Economic problems 22
2.6.2 Discriminatory economic systems 22
2.6.3 Economic development and modernization 23
2.7 Proximate causes 23
Chapter 3: METHODLOGY 26
Chapter 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 27
4.1 Ethnic diversity 27
4.2 Ethnic geography 28
4.3 Cultural and perceptual causes 30
4.4 Political and Constitutional Causes 34
4.5 National consciousness 34
4.6 Governance 35
4.7 Constitutional arrangements 37
4.8 Economic Causes 38
4.9 Structural weaknesses & declining economic indicators 39
4.10 Discriminatory economic systems 42
Chapter 5: PROSPECTS AND SOLUTIONS 46
5.1 Ethnic conflict—a continuing threat 46
5.2 Reducing the likelihood of renewed ethnic conflict 48
5.3 Constitutional reform 48
5.4 Uneven economic development 49
5.5 National consciousness 50
5.6 Land reform 52
5.7 Public sector reform 53
5.8 Justice and reconciliation 53
Chapter 6: CONCLUSION 56
Bibliography 58

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION1
1.1 Research Background1
1.1.1 Mapping the Solomon Islands conflict2
1.2 Research Motivation5
1.3 Research Objectives6
1.4 Research Area and Limitations6
1.5 Conceptual Framework7
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW9
2.1 Prevalence of ethnic conflict11
2.2 Ethnicity and ethnic conflict—definitions12
2.3 Underlying Causes15
2.3.1 Cultural and perceptual factors15
2.4 Structural Factors17
2.4.1 Weak states17
2.4.2 Intra-state security concerns18
2.4.3 Ethnic geography19
2.5 Political Factors20
2.5.1 Discriminatory political institutions20
2.5.2 Elite politics21
2.6 Economic and Social Factors22
2.6.1 Economic problems22
2.6.2 Discriminatory economic systems22
2.6.3 Economic development and modernization23
2.7 Proximate causes23
Chapter 3: METHODLOGY26
Chapter 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION27
4.1 Ethnic diversity27
4.2 Ethnic geography28
4.3 Cultural and perceptual causes30
4.4 Political and Constitutional Causes34
4.5 National consciousness34
4.6 Governance35
4.7 Constitutional arrangements37
4.8 Economic Causes38
4.9 Structural weaknesses & declining economic indicators39
4.10 Discriminatory economic systems42
Chapter 5: PROSPECTS AND SOLUTIONS46
5.1 Ethnic conflict—a continuing threat46
5.2 Reducing the likelihood of renewed ethnic conflict48
5.3 Constitutional reform48
5.4 Uneven economic development49
5.5 National consciousness50
5.6 Land reform52
5.7 Public sector reform53
5.8 Justice and reconciliation53
Chapter 6: CONCLUSION56
Bibliography58