BI / MBI Sections
Destructive Conflict is the Most Serious Threat to Our Common FutureBeyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
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Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
Recent Posts
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Larry Susskind in the Negotiation Journal: Initiating Collaboration in the Midst of a Standoff
Breakthrough Collaboration is different from traditional dispute resolution and dialogue in that it can be initiated on just one side and does not need to bring the parties together. It can create "ripeness" where none exists.
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Larry Susskind and Shafik Islam on Complexity
The combination of complexity theory with negotiation theory yields a powerful tool for effective water resources management--and other complex public problems.
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Chip Hauss: Beyond Polarization
We’ll counter toxic polarization if and only if we offer people a better and credible alternative that they can put into practice in the lived experience of their daily lives.
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Louis Kriesberg: Comments on “Applying conflict resolution insights…” by Burgess, Burgess, and Kaufman
Lou Kriesberg, co-author with Bruce Dayton of Constructive Conflicts, offers a variety of comments, including his view that "polarization" implies equivalance of responsibility, which is not accurate.
Beyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
Consider a very low-cost BI-based custom text.
Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
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