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

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non-governmental organizations involved in security, stabilization, transition, and reconstruction and peace operations (SSTR & PO).

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I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace. -- Benjamin Franklin

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Preventive Diplomacy and International Violence Prevention
"The concept and practice of violence prevention have evolved from being focused almost exclusively on the short-term interventions of preventive diplomacy, to a new, more comprehensive approach that can be defined as structural prevention and includes long-term initiatives targeting the root causes of conflict."

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Jimmy Carter
Former President of the United States, and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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