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

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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -- William Ellery Channing

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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."

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David Trimble
Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and 1998 Nobel Peace Laureate

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