Conflicts may arise from opposing views ('ego' in principles and theories). Conflicts may arise from sharing results ('greed' in zero-sum games). Conflicts may arise from emotional perceptions ('temporary impairment' in sensory assessments). ...

We may have forgotten the ariya-sacca (the 4 Noble Truths):

1) What is (the state description of) the conflict?

2) What is (the most likely preconditions of) the cause of the conflict?

3) What is (the best state description) of the non-conflict?

4) What is the "action course" to move into (the (elected state of) the non-conflict?

We may have forgotten that conflicts arise because there are changes; changes arise because there are mismatching demand-and-supply of resources (food, land, safe havens, ...) for living (surviving) ...

There are many approaches that we can use to move into a non-conflict situation. Which approach should we use? Here we must apply (our belief in) 'values' of resources expended in an optimization process ...