Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict
Introduction:
According to Mari Fitzduff, Executive Director of INCORE,
different stages of conflict demand different skills and types of
intervention. Being able to ascertain when to do what is an important part of
peacemaking.
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Timing
Mari Fitzduff
Professor and Director of the MA Conflict and Coexistence Programme at Brandeis
University
I think the best knowledge you have in peace is really just like a
jigsaw, and there's different times when you can do different things. So some
days all you can do is pick up the bodies, comfort the wounded, and try to make
sure it doesn't spiral into violence. Other days you look up and you realize,
God, we've got time to think about integrated education. There's what I call
short term, medium, and long term, and you really need to have people working on
them all. Some days you cannot work on the crisis stuff; you've got to
work on the training of people to deal with the crisis stuff as opposed to
actually doing the crisis stuff.
So in a way it's taking advantage of all of the different opportunities that
you get within a conflict, given that there often are times when some days are
not as bad as others and some years might not be as bad as others.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Featured Links Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict International Crisis Group "The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 100 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict." (Quote from Website)
Other Resources from Beyond Intractability Obstacles Become Part of Opportunity Louis Kriesberg offers President Bush constructive advice on how to overcome severe obstacles that are blocking the Israel/Palestine peace process, by transforming them into opportunities that build trust and peace.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Linus Carl Pauling California Institute of Technology chemist, and 1962 Nobel Peace Laureate
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