Some Results on Ethnic Conflicts Based on Evolutionary Game Simulation
Jun Qin, Yunfei Yi, Hongrun Wu, Yuhang Liu, Xiaonian Tong, Bojin Zheng

TL;DR
This paper uses evolutionary game simulation to explore how civic identity influences ethnic conflicts, finding that periodic promotion of civic identity can maintain low conflict levels.
Contribution
It introduces a novel evolutionary game model to scientifically analyze the impact of civic identity on ethnic conflicts, providing empirical support for conflict reduction strategies.
Findings
Higher civic identity ratio correlates with increased conflict frequency
Ethnic conflicts persist despite forcible suppression or killing ethnic members
Periodic promotion of civic identity can sustain low conflict levels
Abstract
The force of the ethnic separatism, essentially origining from negative effect of ethnic identity, is damaging the stability and harmony of multiethnic countries. In order to eliminate the foundation of the ethnic separatism and set up a harmonious ethnic relationship, some scholars have proposed a viewpoint: ethnic harmony could be promoted by popularizing civic identity. However, this viewpoint is discussed only from a philosophical prospective and still lack supports of scientific evidences. Because ethic group and ethnic identity are products of evolution and ethnic identity is the parochialism strategy under the perspective of game theory, this paper proposes an evolutionary game simulation model to study the relationship between civic identity and ethnic conflict based on evolutionary game theory. The simulation results indicate that: 1) the ratio of individuals with civic…
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