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

Introduction: Mari Fitzduff, a veteran of the Northern Ireland conflict and expert in many communal conflicts, says conflicts don't end, they change.

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Changing Conflicts
Mari Fitzduff
Professor and Director of the MA Conflict and Coexistence Programme at Brandeis University

Interviewed by
Julian Portilla
2003

Conflicts don't end, they just change, and the change we're looking for is from violence into politics.

There is no conflict that cannot be resolved. Violent conflict is created and sustained by human beings, and it can be ended by human beings. -- George Mitchell.

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