Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Conflict Profiteers
	William Steubner suggests that even after has a conflict has become ripe for negotations, it may be difficult to "sell" to conflict profiteers.
	Steve Power talks about how the parties likely to lose from a peaceful settlement between Ossetia and Georgia are spoiling the peace process.

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You can no more win a war than win an earthquake. -- Jeanette Rankin

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Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding

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Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Aung San Suu Kyi
Activist for democracy and human and civil rights in Myanmar (Burma), and 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate

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