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Conclusions
Peace is only recognisable because of violence. While appearing to be two opposite concepts, they are mutually defining and not simply black and while notions. Violence can be embodied in peace for while peaceful situations occur worldwide, in many, like in Brazil, there is an undertone of structural violence. At any moment, the violence can bubble over and cause the peace, in turn, to generate further violence. East Timor provides an excellent example of this. It was hoped by the entire international community that East Timor would make it through the conflict resolution process reasonably unscathed; however the violence of 2006 has changed the idea of how conflict resolution can occur realistically. While peace is an idealistic concept, and one that may be worth striving for in many situations, it should never be considered a wholly perfect idea. To understand peace, one must first understand violence, and it is this that makes the line between peace and violence so blurred.
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