The Intractable Conflict Challenge

Our inability to constructively handle intractable conflict is the most serious, and the most neglected, problem facing humanity. Solving today's tough problems depends upon finding better ways of dealing with these conflicts. More...

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Understand Your--and Others'--Fundamental Human Needs -- What would happen if we focused on meeting the fundamental human needs of our adversary and then asked them to do the same? #mbi_to_do
Why Chain Exercise -- An exercise for students (and everyone else). Instead of a single cause, think in terms of a chain of causes that explain why things happen. #mbi_activities
Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong -- A story about an important new effort to get closer to the truth by encouraging people to admit and then work to correct their own misconceptions. #mbi_context

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Educators
Consider BI's low-cost Teaching Materials.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Oline Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, & Intractability

Massively Parallel Peacebuilding

Authoritarian Populism

Constructive Confrontation

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

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BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Beyond Intractability Initiatives,
Learning Materials, and
Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Oline Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers Seminar

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, &
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

The Intractable Conflict Challenge

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Understand Your--and Others'--Fundamental Human Needs -- What would happen if we focused on meeting the fundamental human needs of our adversary and then asked them to do the same? #mbi_to_do
Why Chain Exercise -- An exercise for students (and everyone else). Instead of a single cause, think in terms of a chain of causes that explain why things happen. #mbi_activities
Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong -- A story about an important new effort to get closer to the truth by encouraging people to admit and then work to correct their own misconceptions. #mbi_context
The Meaning of Civility -- Before civility can provide an alternative to today's hyper-partisan dysfunction we need a clear image of what it is and isn't. #mbi_frontiers

Get the Newsletter
Check Out Our Quick Start Guide

Educators
Consider BI's low-cost Teaching Materials.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Oline Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, &
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

Home / Browse | Essays | Search | About

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Conflict Frontiers Seminar

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, and
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Oline Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

A much more extensive set of materials including theoretical articles, case studies, book and article summaries, profiles of peacebuilders and more.
Home / Browse | Essays | Search | About

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

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Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Beyond Intractability Initiatives,
Learning Materials, and
Knowledge Base

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts