Coronavirus, Racism, Conflict, and the Constructive Conflict Initiative
Read about—and contribute to—our collective search for better ways of handling the conflict problems that surround hyperpolarized US politics, COVID, and racism in this essay and on our Constructive Conflict Initiative Blog.
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Mari Fitzduff talks about ways to persuade parties that peace is in their best interest. |
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Roy Lewicki, an expert on negotiation, observes that we don't have theories about how to deal with zero-sum conflicts. |
This rough transcript provides a text alternative to audio. We apologize for occasional errors and unintelligible sections (which are marked with ???).
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...
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