Civilizational kin provide decisive aid while outsiders refrain from helping

Evidence

Achieving a temporary pause also requires a second factor: the involvement of nonprimary level participants with the interest and the clout to bring the fighters together. Fault line wars are almost never halted by direct negotiations between primary parties alone and only rarely by the mediation of disinterested parties. The cultural distance, intense hatreds, and mutual violence they have inflicted on each other make it extremely difficult for primary parties to sit down and engage in productive discussion looking toward some form of ceasefire. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 803 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western aid neglect drove Tajikistan and Afghanistan into dependence on rival civilizational patrons; Civilization wars mobilize outside aid along religious rather than ideological lines; Loyalty to small cultural groups strengthens attachment to the larger civilization (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Civilizational wars require interested outside powers to broker any pause #complicates (0.80) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 803