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

Introduction: In a short quip, Mari Fitzduff, who grew up in Northern Ireland and directed the Northern Ireland Conflict Resolution Center INCORE, observers that sometimes priorities were reversed when it came to resolving the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Military Spending
Mari Fitzduff
Professor and Director of the MA Conflict and Coexistence Programme at Brandeis University

Interviewed by
Julian Portilla
2003

It's not enough just to use the army to try to stop this conflict. I looked at the proportion of money spent on military containment as opposed to conflict resolution, suggested that it should be somewhat turned around.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? -- Joan Baez

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