Yes, I entirely agree with you, and that's why I emphasize that instead of seeing this as a horrible problem out there that we are afraid to touch, we bring it down and see it as a crisis of management of diversities, a crisis of management of differences, whether these differences are ethnic or religious and otherwise, and then address them at the root. I do think that the overemphasis on fighting terrorism, valid as it is--there's no question that you need do deal with terrorism--overlooks the root causes of problems in a particular country and in the long run does not help the cause.
This is why, as I said earlier, we have a framework of analyses that the AU is adopting now to be part of their early warning mechanism. It looks at eight sets of factors, beginning with the existence of identity groups that are in conflict, a history of discrimination, and a certain capacity to prevent or to stop genocide, and goes on to certain triggering factors, such as the military or the presence of armed groups, and then on to certain conditions that trigger violence--for instance, elections.
All of this, which we developed in partnership and collaboration with many other experts in this field, to me can be a mirror in which the countries can look at themselves and see where they are performing well, where they are not performing so well, and where they need to do better.
I also think it is important to look at not just problem countries or countries of concern, but also models of success. One of the reasons I keep referring to your country is that I think you have a model that can be very useful for others to emulate in managing their differences, and that early prevention is a creative and constructive approach that is less divisive than when we go to the point of having to discuss intervention.