Autocratic rule can suppress ethnic conflicts that resurface after regime change.

Evidence

In the end, the Bosnian military model, which depended on unified ground forces, was unsuited to the sectarian dissension in Iraq. Overthrowing Saddam’s regime unleashed ethnic conflicts held in check by his autocratic rule. The allied forces, caught in the middle of a civil conflict among Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds, ended up fighting insurgents during years of occupation, rebuilding battered service facilities, and pressuring the contentious factions to form a functional government. With the departure of allied forces, fighting among various sectarian groups renewed (Ghazi & Arango, 2014). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2348 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The orthodox model’s ban on disagreement suppressed heterodoxy and worsened later conflict. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 787; A seemingly unshakable autocratic regime collapsed through converging domestic and international pressure — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 542; Autocratic rule suppressed ethnic conflict that resurfaced after regime overthrow — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2348

Broader Connections

• Autocratic rule suppressed ethnic conflict that resurfaced after regime overthrow #corroborates (0.97) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2348