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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transferred in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright owner. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We give all glory and praise to the Almighty God from whom all blessings flow and from whom we derived the direction to bring out this work. Special appreciation goes to all our contributors to this work, we acknowledge your resourcefulness and display of academic prowess in your various works as submitted and published in this book. Your efforts are highly commended. Special appreciation also goes to the Dean of the Faculty of social sciences in the person of Professor Karmal Bello whose ceaseless support and encouragement to the Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution saw to the birth of this book. The love and support of all members of staff of the Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, National Open University is hereby appreciated, may the Almighty God continue to strengthen and promote you all. v FOREWORD Conflict is inevitable in any society. Thus, there is need for strategic methods for its resolution to ensure sustained peace. Emerging Trends in Conflict Resolution, Peace and Strategic Studies: is an attempt by the authors to analyze and furnish students, and others with the emerging trends in conflict resolution, peace and strategic studies. The book gives clear insights on practical strategies in conflict resolution. It addresses linguistic strategies, the effective role of women, religion and third party, the role of youths, national security, terrorism, the role of technology among several other strategies for conflict resolution and peace, particularly in Nigeria. A major strength of this advance book on Emerging Trends in Conflict Resolution, Peace and Strategic Studies is that it has succeeded in assembling and analyzing practical strategies in conflict resolution and peace building that can be widely applied. The Book is well edited and organized into different chapters. Ultimately, the Book provides clear insight to readers, and serve as working tool for government and other security agencies on practical methods in conflict resolution and peace building. I wish to commend the contributors of the various chapters, and particularly the editors, for embarking on this very noble assignment and recommend the book to all students, scholars, government(s) and security agencies.